Mining the Web

Your book delves into issues surrounding sweatshops and work. Click on the following links to extend the discussion and gain perspectives on these controversies:

Visit the Smithsonian Institution exhibit: "Between a Rock and a Hard Place: A History of American Sweatshops, 1820-Present"

• For some historical context, see History
• Play The Global Production Game

Next, look into the controversy over manufacturing processes at Nike.com:

• EducatingforJustice.org (NikeWages.org)
• Reports on Conditions in Nike Factories (Oxfam Community Aid Abroad)
• "The Nike Boycott Spreads across Alberta" (Just Do It! Boycott Nike)
• Clean Clothes Campaign
• Northwest Corporate Accountability Project: Nike Shareholder Resolution