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.
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Table
of Contents
| Education: What is the issue? | ||
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Who Benefits from Sweatshops? |
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Who Controls the U.S. Apparel Market? |
Insert A |
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In Sweatshops, Wages are the Issue |
Insert B |
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High-Priced Shoes, Low-Cost Labor |
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Rights Group Pushes Wal-Mart on Sweatshop Issue |
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Shareholder Resolution Filed with Wal-Mart |
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Disney and 30 Cent Wages |
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Sweatshop Victories |
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Key Terms |
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Resources |
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Bibliography: Reports, Videos, Books |
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The Arts |
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List of Organizations |
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Reflection: What is a faith that does justice? |
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| 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? |
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| 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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