On September 13, 2005, workers at Wal-Mart suppliers in China, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Swaziland, and Nicaragua filed a class action lawsuit in Los Angeles on behalf of themselves and others similarly situated seeking to end Wal-Mart’s reign over a sweatshop gulag that condemns workers around the world to provide forced and uncompensated labor. These workers can barely survive on what wages they do receive, while Wal-Mart grew to become the world’s largest retailer and continues to post record profits.

All consumers want lower prices, especially at a time when wages are falling and prices are rising for housing, food, and transportation. However, it's becoming increasingly clear that lower prices at Wal-Mart come with far too high of a cost.

This report describes labor conditions in the sugar industry in Nicaragua.

This 2005 report details labor rights abuses in the sugar industry in Costa Rica.