Sweatshop Information, Reflection and Action Packet

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 Table of Contents
 

Education: What is the issue?
	What is a Sweatshop?	3
	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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