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Green America gives you the resources you need to make consumer choices that will help end sweatshop and child labor. Plus, we help you join with others to call on businesses to ensure that their products are not made under exploitative conditions.

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Guide to Ending Sweatshops

Download a copy for free or call 1-800-58-GREEN to order by phone. Bulk rates available. Excellent resources for individuals as well as schools, faith congregations, and community groups working to end sweatshop labor.

Our Real Green Newsletter

This article from our bi-monthly green living newsletter gives you tips and resources for building a sweatshop-free wardrobe.


Other No-Sweatshop Resources

Sweat-free Toolkit

How Your Community Can Help End Sweatshops  —  Our allies at SweatFree Communities and Global Exchange have developed a 68-page organizing guide as a resource for organizers who are interested in developing sweatfree initiatives in their own communities.  

For schools and colleges:  

How to Become a Sweatfree School[pdf]
by Maquila Solidarity Network  

Sweat-free Campus Campaign Organizing Kit[pdf]
by United Students Against Sweatshops  

For local governments:  

How to Become a No Sweat City[pdf]
by Maquila Solidarity Network, this is a guide to winning and enforcing a municipal anti-sweatshop purchasing policy.

A Guide to "Sweatfree" Procurement Laws[pdf]
by Tom Hayden for No More Sweathshops!