Tim Newman, Campaigns Director, International Labor Rights Forum Today Nestlé announced that it would achieve Fair Trade certification for its Kit Kat bar in the United Kingdom and Ireland in January 2010.  Many of you have joined us for many years...

Bama Athreya, Executive Director, ILRF   Just in time for Thanksgiving, the outdoor clothing brand LL Bean has made a significant commitment  to work with ILRF to end forced child labor in cotton.  Last week, we released our Sweatshop Hall of...

By Jeremy Silva and Eva Seidelman, International Labor Rights Forum Over the weekend was a time for of celebration and relief for many Honduran workers and their families: 1,200 workers who were fired from Russell's Jerzees de Honduras (a sports...

Tim Newman, Campaigns Director, International Labor Rights Forum Last week, I wrote about how big businesses in the US are lobbying against bans on the importation of products made using forced and child labor and linked to a clip from the Rachel...

By Juontel White, Intern, International Labor Rights Forum The Sweatshop Hall of Shame features apparel companies that have consistently flouted worker’s rights. This year’s hall of shame highlights companies whose labor practices have failed to...