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A Rose is a Rose... Or is it?

San Francisco Chronicle
02/08/2006

By Gregory Dicum

Valentine's Day is next week, and because I want to show my wife how much I love her, I've been thinking a lot about flowers.

I'm not the only one. This year, Americans will spend $20 billion on flowers and plants, with the bulk of cut flowers sold between Valentine's Day and Mother's Day. The 180 million roses sold for Valentine's Day account for a third of the yearly total. It's a huge industry, on a par with something as ubiquitous as coffee.

Ethically-produced chocolate

Marketplace
02/06/2006

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Chocolate makers are trying to replicate the success of Fair Trade coffee by coming up with a system to tell consumers that their chocolate has been produced ethically. Jeff Tyler has the story.

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Ending Sweatshop Labor

Bangor Daily News
02/06/2006

By Sean Donahue

Last June I met with workers from a factory in the Las Mercedes Free Trade Zone in Managua that produces Faded Glory jeans for Wal-Mart. Many had just been fired for taking part in a strike demanding that the company meet its promises to its workers.

Workers stage Wal-Mart rally

The Republican
02/06/2006

By Natalia Munoz

HADLEY - Damaris Meza Guillen held a pair of Faded Glory jeans like the ones she sews together at a Nicaraguan factory that supplies Wal-Mart. She said she would have to work a week to buy the jeans - even at Wal-Mart's prices - because she is paid only 39 cents an hour.

Workers Stage Wal-Mart Rally

The Republican
02/06/2006

By Natalia Munoz

HADLEY - Damaris Meza Guillen held a pair of Faded Glory jeans like the ones she sews together at a Nicaraguan factory that supplies Wal-Mart. She said she would have to work a week to buy the jeans - even at Wal-Mart's prices - because she is paid only 39 cents an hour.

New Evidence of Child Slavery in Production of Valentine's Day Chocolates

ILRF Media Advisory
02/06/2006

INTERNATIONAL LABOR RIGHTS FUND

CONTACT: Bama Athreya. 703-328-1964

Terry Collingsworth, 202-255-2198

Ira Arlook, 202 721-0111

New report & CD with photos available on request

NEW EVIDENCE OF CHILD SLAVERY IN PRODUCTION OF VALENTINE’S DAY CHOCOLATES

Former Child Slaves on Cocoa Plantations in West Africa Implicate Nestle, Cargill, ADM

Award-winning Filmmaker/Photographer Returns from Ivory Coast with Film and Photographs

Ending sweatshop labor

Bangor Daily News
02/06/2006

By Sean Donahue

Last June I met with workers from a factory in the Las Mercedes Free Trade Zone in Managua that produces Faded Glory jeans for Wal-Mart. Many had just been fired for taking part in a strike demanding that the company meet its promises to its workers.

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