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Wal-Mart to sell only U.S. shrimp in 3 states

Biloxi Sun Herald
08/25/2006

By Mike Keller

Wal-Mart seafood counters in Alabama, Florida, and Texas will carry only wild shrimp caught in American waters, thanks to overwhelming demand by consumers, a shrimp-industry group said Thursday.

Almost 300 stores in the three states will carry only shrimp caught in the Gulf and South Atlantic through distributor Penguin Frozen Foods, one of the nation's largest suppliers of domestic shrimp.

Wal Mart's supplier in Cavite to go on strike, calls for boycott

Worker's Assistance Center
08/23/2006

A labor union of a company who is producing garment products for Wal Mart, the biggest retail store in the US, is posing to hold a strike following their employers' refusal to begin negotiations for worker's benefits and welfare.

The Chong Won Fashion, Inc., a Korean-owned garment factory, has since refused and opposing to begin negotiations with the union for their collective bargaining agreement (CBA). The company supplies garment products for US-based retail store Wal Mart.

Mr. Terry Collingsworth - Attorney encouraging corporate social responsibility

Asahi Shimbun
08/17/2006

By Kanako Ida

His work is visiting factories and farms in Asia, South America, and Africa where multi-national companies have set up. He has been cooperating with local NGOs and lawyers to change bad working conditions in which people are forced to work for long hours and children are forced to work without going to schools.

SHIFTING APPAREL LANDSCAPE; TOP APPAREL-PRODUCING NATIONS RANKED BY U.S. IMPORTS FOR THE 12 MONTHS ENDING MAY 31

Women's Wear Daily
08/12/2006

By Constance Gustke & Evan Clark

This is the age of Asia, including in apparel production. Indonesia, Cambodia and especially China are winning business away from Central America at an impressive clip. Even the passage of the Central American Free Trade Agreement last year, which lowers barriers to commerce, cannot stem the tide. So far, CAFTA has had minimal impact. For example, Mexico, which once had favorite apparel-making status, saw its business slip 13 percent in the 12-month period ending May 31. El Salvador and the Dominican Republic also have had double-digit dips.

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