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Sweatshop Information, Reflection and Action Packet




More than fifty pages of reproducible material designed for faith communities, households, schools and other settings. Some of the content is available online for you to sample.
 
 
Note: page numbers below refer to pages in the printed packet, not the Web page. Printed pages are formatted with additional graphics and other elements not reproduced on the Web for ease and speed of downloading.
 
 
Table of Contents
 
Education: What is the issue? 
 

What is a Sweatshop?

 

Why are There Sweatshops?

4

 

Who Benefits from Sweatshops?

5

 

Who Controls the U.S. Apparel Market?

Insert A

 

In Sweatshops, Wages are the Issue

Insert B

 

High-Priced Shoes, Low-Cost Labor

6

 

Rights Group Pushes Wal-Mart on Sweatshop Issue

Insert C

 

Shareholder Resolution Filed with Wal-Mart

Insert D

 

Disney and 30 Cent Wages

Insert E

 

Sweatshop Victories

10

 

Key Terms

11 


Resources
 

Bibliography: Reports, Videos, Books

13

 

Websites

15

 

Sweatshop Curricula

17

 

The Arts

18 

 

List of Organizations

19


Reflection: What is a faith that does justice? 
  Scripture Passages 20
  Catholic Social Teaching 21
  Ten Building Blocks of Catholic Social Teaching 23
  Solidaridad: A Spirituality of Human Rights in the Image of God Insert F
  The Pastoral Circle: A Tool For Going Deeper 27
  Applying the Pastoral Circle to Sweatshops 28
  If A Label Could Talk: Prayer Service 29
  Prayer: Canticle of Mary with U.N. Human Rights Declaration 32
  Prayer: Litany for Justice Insert G

Action: What can I do? 
  List of Actions 33
  Questions for Companies 34
  Sample Letter on Sweatshops 35
  List of Companies  36
  Help End the Race to the Bottom Insert H
  Wal-Mart Stores in the Northwest 38
  Sample Letter for Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. 39
  Disney's Untold Story 40
  Sample Letter for Disney 41


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