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New Resources from Maquiladora Health & Safety Support Network
2008 Mexico ArticlesAnna de Ita, Fourteen Years of NAFTA and the Tortilla Crisis,” Americas Policy Program Special Report (Washington, DC: Center for International Policy, January 10, 2008). National Geographic "Mexico's Other Border." Feb. 2008: 60-79. Roberts, Sarah. “Crossing the Line: Human Rights Abuses of Migrants in Short-Term Custody on the Arizona/Sonora Border.” No More Deaths, Tuscon, AZ, September 17, 2008. http://www.nomoredeaths.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=38:goingtodc&catid=9:releases&Itemid=15 2008 Global Factory ReportsAnicama, Cecilia. “State Responsibilities to Regulate and Adjudicate Corporate Activities under the Inter-American Human Rights System. Report on the American Conventions on Human Rights.” April 2008. Chan, Jenny, Esther de Haan, Sara Nordbrand and Annika Torstensson. “Silenced to Deliver: Mobile Phone Manufacturing in China and the Philippines.” SOMO and Swedwatch. Make IT Fair. September 2008. Clean Clothes Campaign. “Who pays for our clothing from Lidl and Kik?: A study into the impact of buying practices of the discounters Lidl and KiK in Bangladesh and the precarisation of working conditions in German retailing.” July 2008. http://www.cleanclothes.org/ftp/LIDL_KIK_ENG.pdf The Degradation of Work Solidarity Center. “The True Cost of Shrimp: How Shrimp Industry Workers in Bangladesh and Thailand Pay the Price for Affordable Shrimp.” 2008. http://www.solidaritycenter.org/files/pubs_True_Cost_of_Shrimp.pdf FinnWatch. “Connecting Components, Dividing Communities. Tin Production for consumer electronics in the DR Congo and Indonesia.” Make IT Fair. December 2007. International Labour Organization. “Working Conditions Laws 2006-2007: A Global Review.” Conditions of Work and Employment Programme (ILO), July 31, 2008. http://www.laborrights.org/files/work_laws.pdf International Labor Rights Forum. “2007 ILRF Annual Report.” August 01, 2008. http://www.laborrights.org/about-ilrf/resources/1665 International Labor Rights Forum. “SweatFree School Uniforms Informational Packet.” October 01, 2008. http://www.laborrights.org/creating-a-sweatfree-world/sweatshops/sweatfree-school-uniforms/resources/1755 International Labor Rights Forum. “Child Labour in Football Stitching Activitity in India.” BBA and ILRF, October 06, 2008. http://www.laborrights.org/stop-child-labor/foulball-campaign/resources/1733 International Labor Rights Forum. “Sweatshop Solutions?” SweatFree Communities, October 10, 2008. http://www.laborrights.org/creating-a-sweatfree-world/wal-mart-campaign/resources/1753 Lawson, Aurora, Bjorn Skorpen Claeson “Subsidizing Sweat Shops: How our tax dollars fund the race to the bottom and what cities and states can do.” Sweat Free Communities, July 2008. http://sacom.hk/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/subsidizing_sweatshops_lr_bw.pdf Maquila Solidarity Network. “Clearing the Hurdles: Steps to Improving Wages and Working Conditions in the Global Sportswear Industry.” Play Fair 08. April 2008. Marston, Ama “Labor Monitoring in Cambodia’s Garment Industry: Lessons for Africa.” Realizing Rights: the Ethical Globalization Initiative, May 1, 2007. http://www.realizingrights.org/pdf/Labor_Monitoring_in_the_Garment_Industry_May2007_A_Marston.pdf Merk, Jeroen. “The Structural Crisis of Labour Flexibility Clean Clothes Campaign National Labor Committee. “Toyota: Auto Industry Race to the Bottom.” June 2008. http://www.nlcnet.org/reports.php?id=562 Play Fair 2008. “No medal for the Olympics on labour rights.” Cleanclothes.org. SACOM, Pain Pour le Prochain, Action de Careme. “High Tech- No Rights? One Year Follow Up Report on the Working Conditions in the Electronic Hardware Sector in China.” May 2008. Sethi, S. Prakash. “Mattel Inc. Company Managed Plants in Asia.” International Center for Corporate Accountability. October 3, 2008. SOMO. “Mobile Connections: Supply Chain Responsibility of 5 Mobile Phone Companies.” September 2008. <http://somo.nl/publications-en/Publication_2728/view> Steinweg, Time and Esther de Haan. “Capacitating Electronics: The corrosive effects of platinum and palladium mining on labour rights an communities.” Make IT Fair. November 2007. SwedWatch. “Powering the Mobile World: Cobalt Production for batteries in the DR Congo and Zambia.” November 2007. SwedWatch, SOMO, IHLO. “Improving Working Conditions at Chinese Natural Stone Companies.” January 2008. <http://somo.nl/publications-en/Publication_2459> Todd, Lori A, Kathleen Mottus and Gary J. Mihlan. “A Survey of Airborne and Skin Exposures to Chemicals in Footwear and Equipment Factories in Thailand.” Occupational and Environmental Hygiene. March 2008. Trade Union Conference. “Fair Play? The global sporting goods industry and workers’ rights: A TUC Fact File and activities pack for trade union tutors.” June 2008. Weyzig, Francis, and Irene Schipper. Philips Electronics: Overview of Controversial Business Practices in 2007. SOMO. Amsterdam, 2008. Wick, Ingeborg. “Aldi’s clothing bargains- discount buys discounting standards? Working conditions in Aldi’s suppliers in China and Indonesia suggestions for consumer and trade union action.” Suedewind Institut. May 2007. <http://www.suedwind-institut.de/downloads/ALDI-publ_engl_2007-08.pdf> Workers’ Rights Consortium. “WRC Assessment re PCCS Garment Co. Ltd. (Cambodia). Findings, Recommendations and Status Report.” January 15, 2008. Workers’ Rights Consortium. “Factory Investigation PCCS Garment.” January 15, 2008 Workers’ Rights Consortium. “Assessment re New Wide Garment (Cambodia). Findings, Recommendations and Status Report.” March 6, 2008. Workers’ Rights Consortium. “Factory Investigation New Wide Garment Cambodia.” March 16, 2008. Workers’ Rights Consortium. “Factory Investigation Jerzees Choloma and Jerzees de Honduras.” May 1, 2008. Workers’ Rights Consortium. “WRC Assessment re Confecciones Mazara (Mexico), Findings, Recommendations, and Status Report.” SEPTEMBER 11, 2008. <http://browser.grik.net/workersrights.org/freports/WRC%20Findings%20and%20Recommendations%20Report%20re%20Confecciones%20Mazara%20-%209-11-08.pdf. 2008 Global Development & PovertyAkyüz, Yilmaz. “Managing Financial Instability in Emerging Markets: A Keynesian Perspective.” Third World Network, Geneva, February 2008. http://www.twnside.org.sg/title2/par/Yilmaz.pdf. Akyüz, Yilmaz. “The Current Global Financial Turmoil and Asian Developing Countries.” Third World Network, April 2008. http://www.twnside.org.sg/pos.htm Bais, Karolien. “Corporate Social Responsibility: Whose Voice is Heard?” MVO Platform, September 2008. http://www.corporatejustice.org/IMG/pdf/CSR_Whose_Voice_Is_Heard.pdf Bacon, David. "The Political Economy of International Migration." News Labor Forum 16 (Fall 2007). Barlow, Maude. "The Global Water Crisis and the Coming Battle for the Right to Water." Foreign Policy in Focus 25 Feb. 2008. <www.fpif.org/fpiftxt/5016>. BBC World Service "Widespread Unease About Economy and Globalization--Global Poll." Jan. 2008. Bello, Walden. “Can Capitalism Survive Climate Change?” Foreign Policy in Focus. 1 April, 2008. <http://www.fpif.org/fpiftxt/5114>. Bloic, Carl. “An Uncertain Time for Capitalism.” The Black Commentator. 17 April, 2008. <http://www.blackcommentator.com/273/273_lm_uncertain_time_for_capitalism.html>. Dr. Buttle, Martin, Dr. Alex Hughes, Professor Neil Rigby. “Organising Ethical Trade: a UK- US comparison: Stakeholder Report 2007.” Clean Clothes Campaign. http://www.cleanclothes.org/ftp/07-ESRCStakeholderReport.pdfCannon, James S. U.S. Container Porta and Air Pollution: a Perfect Storm. Energy Futures Incorporated. 2008. Carroll, Chris. "High-Tech Trash." National Geographic Jan. 2008. Civil Society Statement on the World Food Emergency. “No More ‘Failures as Usual’” Cobbing, Madeleine. Toxic Tech: Not in Our Backyard- Uncovering the Hidden Flows of E-Waste. Greenpeace. Amsterdam, February 2008. Deibert, Michael. “A Glittering Demon: Mining, Poverty and Politics in the Democratic Republic of Congo.” Special to CorpWatch, June 26th, 2008. http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=15118 Dr. Dollar. “Poverty in the Developing World.” Jan/Feb 2008 Edwards, Michael. “Philanthrocapitalism: After the Goldrush.” openDemocracy. 20 March, 2008. <http://www.globalpolicy.org/socecon/develop/2008/0320philanthro.htm>. Fair Labor Association Annual Report 2007, November 2007, Washington D.C. http://www.fairlabor.org/var/uploads/File/2007%20Annual%20Public%20Report.pdf Foek, Anton. “Norilsk Nickel: A Tale of Unbridled Capitalism, Russian Style.” Special to CorpWatch, October 9th, 2008. http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=15215 Gabirondo, Gales. “A New Philanthro-Capitalist Alliance in Africa?” Pambazuka. 31 March 2008. Gallagher, Kevin P. and Roberto Porzecanski. “Taking Away the Ladder: China and the Competitiveness of Mexican Exports.” Americas Policy Program Report. September 3, 2008. Gewen, barry. “What Ails the American Economy? Everything, and There’s Worse to Come.” 21 April, 2008. <http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/21/books/21gewen.html?sq=China&st=nyt...>. Global Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers. “Child Soliders, Global Report 2008.” May 20, 2008. http://www.hrw.org/pub/2008/children/Child_Soldiers_Global_Report_Summary.pdf Gould, Ellen. “Financial Instability and the GATS Negotiations.” Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives Vol. 9 No. 4 July 2008. Hamilton, Katherine, Ryan Schuchard, Emma Stewart, Sissel Waage. “Offsetting Emissions: A Business Brief on the Voluntary Carbon Market (Second Edition).” Business for Social Responsibility, February 2008. http://www.bsr.org/reports/BSR_Voluntary-Carbon-Offsets-2.pdf Helper, Susan. "Renewing U.S. Manufacturing Promoting a High-Road Strategy." EPI Briefing Paper #212 (February 13, 2008). Hricko, Andrea. "Global Trade Comes Home: Community Impacts of Goods Movement." Environmental Health Perspectives Feb. 2008, 116 ed., sec. 2. Holstein, William. “Next President should visit factories in China, Vietnam, Bangladesh…” Yale Global. July 17, 2008. Human Rights Watch. “Burma’s Gem Trade and Human Rights Abuses.” updated July 2008. http://hrw.org/english/docs/2008/01/11/burma17729.htm Hurtado, Immaculada and Patricia Argery. “Social Dumping: The Debate on a Multilateral Social Clause.” Global Economy Journal. Issue 1 Article 6. Hwang, Linda, Anu Yegnasubramanian, Rich Liroff “Word from the Street: Toxicity and Health.” Business for Social Responsibility, April 2008. http://www.bsr.org/reports/Word_From_St_Toxicity_Health.pdf Hwang, Linda, Emma Stewart “Drinking it In: The Evolution of a Global Water Stewardship Program at The Coca-Cola Company.” April 2008. http://www.bsr.org/reports/Coke_Water_Study_March_2008.pdf Hwang, Linda, Anu Yegnasubramanian, Remco Fisher “Word from the Street: Water.” Business for Social Responsibility, May 2008. http://www.bsr.org/reports/Word_From_The_Street_Water.pdf Independent Concerned Citizens’ Fact finding Team. “Interim Report: Concerned Citizens’ Independent Fact-Finding Mission, Kandhamal.” October 17, 2008. http://focusweb.org/india/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1074&Itemid=2 International Food Policy Research Institute. “High Food Prices: The What, Who, and How of Proposed Policy Actions.” May 2008. International Labor Rights Forum. “The Cocoa Protocol: Success or Failure?” (Newest analysis of the implementation of the Harkin-Engel Protocol), June 30, 2008. http://www.laborrights.org/stop-child-labor/cocoa-campaign/resources/1552International Labor Rights Forum. “Forced Child Labor in Uzbekistan’s 2008 Spring Agricultural Season.” International Labor Rights Forum and Human Rights Defenders in Uzbekistan, October 10, 2008. http://www.laborrights.org/stop-child-labor/cotton-campaign/resources/1751 International Labor Rights Forum. “The Sour Taste of Pineapple.” October 20, 2008. http://www.laborrights.org/creating-a-sweatfree-world/resources/1758 Khor, Martin. “Food Crisis, Climate Change and the Importance of Sustainable Agriculture.” Third World Network, June 2008. http://www.twnside.org.sg/pos.htm Krugman, Paul. “Running Out of Planet to Exploit.” 21 April, 2008. <http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/21/opinion/21krugman.html?ref=opinion&pagewanted=...>. Ladou, Joe, and Sandra Lovegrove. "Export of Electronics Equipment Waste." International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health 14 (Jan/Mar 2008). Lopez Villar, Juan, and Bill Freese. "Who Benefits From GM Crops? the Rise in Pesticide Use." Friends of the Earth International 112 (January 2008). Medeiros, Carlos Aguiar de. “Growth Patterns, Income distribution, and poverty: Lessons From the Latin American Experience.” February 2008. Mouawad, Jad. “The Big Twist.” The New York Times. 20 April, 2008. <http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/20/weekinreview/20mouawad.html?sq=China&st=nyt&...>. Oxfam Australia. “Submission to Senate Select Committee on Regional and Remote Indigenous Communities.” 3 June 2008. http://www.oxfam.org.au/campaigns/submissions/Regional-Indigenous-Submission-to-the-Senate-Select-Committee.pdf Oxfam Australia. “Trade Agreements and Development in the Pacific: A submission to the Australian Government.” July 2008. http://www.oxfam.org.au/campaigns/submissions/PACER-plus-submission-2.pdf Oxfam Australia. “Partnering with Our Neighbors: Realising the potential of Pacific Partnerships for Development.” August 2008. http://www.oxfam.org.au/campaigns/submissions/Oxfam-Australia-Partnering-with-our-neighbours.pdf Salazar, Milagros. “Business Fights Restrictions on Outsourcing.” Labour-Peru. June 5, 2008. Scott, Robert E. "The Importance of Manufacturing: Key to Recovery in the States and the Nation." EPI Briefing Paper #211 (February 13, 2008). Solidarity Center. “Workers’ Freedom of Association Under Attack in Mexico.” August 2008. Union View. “Guatemala: Trade Unions at the heart of the fight against impunity.” March 2008. ITUC #08 Whitehead, Barbara Dafoe. “A Nation in Debt.” Dollars and Sense. 11 June, 2008. <http://www.the-american-interest.com/ai2/article.cfm?ID=458&MId=20>. |