Central American Sweatshops

In Central America, companies exporting to the U.S. routinely target young, unmarried girls for hard labor. Forced abortions are common. When these girls reach a certain age, they are often fired in favor of younger workers.

In the overwhelming majority of these situations, workers have no recourse. They are merely bystanders in the global economy, used and abused by multi-national corporations in their quest to fatten bottom lines.

In the United States, workers are forced to compete with products made under these conditions. Downward pressure on wages and benefits, lost jobs and destroyed communities are the result.

We can do better; we can restore justice in our global trade relationships.
Tell your U.S. Representative and Senators to support the Decent Working Conditions and Fair Competition Act (S. 367 & H.R. 1992). It will ban sweatshop goods from entering our markets. The bill also prevents our government from purchasing sweatshop goods with our taxpayer dollars.