Talk of the Nation: Made in a Sweatshop? Clues for Consumers
Christmas ornaments, crucifixes and lingerie are just a few of the most recent items to be exposed as potential products of sweatshop labor. What's a holiday shopper to do? Guests discuss how to determine whether an item was manufactured in a sweatshop, and how much you can trust "Made in USA" labels.
- Listen to the interview with Verité Executive Director Dan Viederman.
Guests:
Dana Thomas, Cultural Correspondent for Newsweek; author of Deluxe: How Luxury Lost Its Luster
Dan Viederman, executive director of Verite, a non-profit organization monitoring international labor rights abuses in off-shore production sites
Charles Kernaghan, director of the National Labor Committee