Podcasts about Fair Labor Association

What do businesses owe to faraway workers who make their products? That's the question put by Professor Michael Posner from the NYU Stern School of Business in his new book, Conscience Incorporated: Pursue Profits While Protecting Human Rights. Posner is a world expert in human rights with extensive experience as a human rights lawyer, State Department official under the Obama administration and chair of the Fair Labor Association. He offers a unique perspective on what we can learn from the significant progress the apparel sector has made, the complexities of the solar panel industry, and why human rights should be a business priority alongside performance and revenue. Plus, the evolving risks to human rights coming from the AI space. His message to procurement and supply professionals facing these issues on the frontline is clear: you must find ways of meaningfully delivering on the promises companies are making. Further reading: Purchase Professor Posner's new book - Conscience Incorporated: Pursue Profits While Protecting Human Rights CIPS Ethics eLearning and Test Read: demand fair pay and a living wage for your supply chain CIPS Foundation supports development of Modern Slavery Helpline

Today, Frankly Speaking welcomes Professor Michael H. Posner, director of the Centre for Business and Human Rights at NYU Stern School of Business. He also served in the Obama administration as assistant secretary of State. Throughout his career, Mike has played a key role in establishing some of the major global initiatives on responsible business, including the Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights, the Fair Labor Association, and the Global Network Initiative, and he continues to be one of the leading voices on business and human rights in the United States. You'll hear more about: How too much about business and human rights is still process, not outcome or performance. Why companies must not abrogate responsibility A strong call for standards on due diligence for genuine accountability for businesses on their conduct The difficult political situation in the United States at the moment and how to respond to the ESG backlash Listen in and follow us on ⁠LinkedIn⁠ and ⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠!

Tiffany Rogers, director of fair compensation and member engagement at the Fair Labor Association, talks with Innovation Forum's Hanna Halmari about the impacts of corporate living wage commitments to improve worker rights in the supply chain. They discuss the importance of multi-stakeholder collaboration in scaling living wage initiatives, improving corporate expertise and communicating with workers on the ground.   Listen to the webinar on implementing living wage policies with Wendy Savage and Alex Katz from Patagonia.

This week: Tiffany Rogers, director of fair compensation and member engagement at the Fair Labor Association talks with Innovation Forum's Hanna Halmari about how apparel business can make living income commitments, as part of a new “state of apparel” content series. They discuss the challenges in implementing living wage programmes and guidance on corporate responsible purchasing practices. Plus: CDP's non-disclosure campaign encouraging companies to make commitments more than ever before; incoming plastics and aluminium containers deposit return scheme in the UK; avoiding the risk of smallholder palm oil farmer marginalisation from EU's new due diligence regulations; and, KPMG UK's research finds potential employer's ESG decision making and corporate commitments being a determining factor in job search, in the news digest. And, Innovation Forum's Emily Heslop provides updates on the upcoming future of food USA conference taking place in Minneapolis on 30th May-1st June. Host: Ian Welsh

In the latest episode of the CGF Sustainability Podcast, host Madelaine VanDerHeyden connects with Richa Mittal, Senior Director, Agriculture and Supply Chain Innovation at the Fair Labor Association. In 2021, he CGF Human Rights Coalition ⁠— Working to End Forced Labour started working with the Fair Labor Association and the UN International Organisation for Migration to help support Coalition members advance on their mission to ensure fair and good working conditions for workers worldwide. Richa, who is helping members implement critical Human Rights Due Diligence systems in their own operations that will help identify, remedy and prevent forced labour risks, joins the podcast to share her insights on the critical role of HRDD in fighting forced labour, and why companies' own operations are a key area to take action. To learn more about the HRC's work, visit www.tcgfsocial.com.

“I really like brands,” says Austin. “When you look at the Michigan State brand, it's not just a local brand. It's regional, it's national, and it's international. Sparty the mascot is very well known; I felt like the equity in the brand is here. There are always things that we can do to further the equity in the brand. But the brand, the school, the academic programs, and MSU's reputation itself drew me to come here.”What is university licensing? And what does it mean at Michigan State?“University licensing really is three prongs. We're here to promote the brand so that we can generate revenue that then can be sent over to the general scholarship fund and other university programs. We are here to support the students. Every time someone buys licensed merchandise, a portion of the royalties goes back to the general scholarship fund. The general student body benefits from those funds through scholarships. And the merchandise programs that we develop garner revenue and royalties that then come them back to the university.“And then the second part really is protecting the brand. We want to make sure that people aren't infringing on our brand. And I don't think of us as the logo cops or the no police. Our stance is more that if you want to use the university brand, you can, but just go through the proper processes and procedures and become a licensee and do it the correct way. By protecting the brand, we're adding equity into the brand. You have the promotion piece, you have the profit piece, and then you have the protection piece. And it's looking at our trademarks portfolio. That doesn't just mean our logos. It also means our wordmarks. Even the name, Michigan State University, and Go Green Go White, and some of our taglines are protected as well.“And we have great licensees and partners that want to work with us to develop great merchandise. We want to make sure we have merchandise that is diverse that meets all sizes, all identities, and all genders. Of course, we have some things that we don't license, like tobacco. But our primary goal is to make sure our brand is out there. And if people want product with Michigan State's logos on it, we want them to be able to find it and get it.”Austin emphasizes the importance of purchasing officially licensed product.“Also, we do a lot of work with the Fair Labor Association and the Worker Rights Consortium. We make sure that the product is being produced in reputable factories and not sweat shops. With the infringed and the non-licensed product, we can't guarantee where that product is being produced. I can't guarantee the quality and the customer service behind that product if it's infringed product.”How can someone tell if a product is officially licensed?“The easiest way is to look for the hologram sticker. We make it a requirement that all our licensees have to include the hologram sticker on all of the product. And when you look at the product and you see the Spartan head, does it have a circle R behind it? Or is that little identifier missing? Is there a small TM after some of our marks? Or is that missing? That's the easiest way to tell. The hologram sticker also has an identifying mark on it; it has a code on it. If I see the number on the hologram sticker, I can even tell you which licensee made that product, and then I can tell you if it's not a licensee.”As you get started as the director of university licensing at MSU, what are some of your goals?“I want to learn this campus and the campus community. I want to know from the academic side who are our top departments, clubs, and organizations? What fundraising do we do? What cause marketing do we do? Because all of that information will generate marketing campaigns that we can then tie merchandise to. So learning the campus community is my number one goal right now. And then just trying to figure out who is doing the buying, what are they buying, what are they missing, and what opportunities are out there? That's definitely my number one goal. I would say second is learning who our key retailers are and where they're located. Where are our alumni?How do we get product to states that may not be selling it now? “I want to make sure that we have healthy e-commerce retailers. We do, but I want to be sure that they're getting the merchandise that they need. With COVID and everything you're hearing in the news, we are as well dealing with supply chain issues and our licensees are dealing with supply chain issues. And then through COVID when a lot of the stores were closed, the product was just sitting on shelves in the stores. A lot of the product that's in the stores is a year old, and those retailers aren't really looking to buy new product because they have to sell the product they have.“And then my favorite part of the business is the business development part. I want to get started on developing some marketing campaigns where we can include merchandise with them, whether that's with Athletics, with the Alumni Office, or with the general student body and organizations. How can we help further their brand?”Austin talks about how NIL (name, image, and likeness) and NFTs (non-fungible tokens) will impact university licensing in the months and years ahead.“This upcoming athletic season will be interesting to see the availability of custom jerseys with student athletes' names and numbers on them. How are we going to handle that? And that will translate from football into basketball. And what does the product selection look like for the fans? And are they really interested in custom jerseys? We don't know yet. This will be a real test year for NIL. We're still trying to figure out the value of NFTs. And how do we work with the NFT companies to make sure our brand is still gaining equity and being protected in that space? If I sell an NFT to somebody, can they then take it and do something to it that goes against our brand? Those are the unknowns right now. I do think a lot of the NIL opportunities are going to mirror what's being done in the professional sports.”Austin is impressed with diversity, equity, and especially inclusion initiatives at MSU.“I don't think I've ever worked at any place where inclusion has been at the forefront of the mission statement. And being a minority myself, it's very refreshing to come. One of the first questions that I was asked during the interview process was how I support inclusion. That was so important to me. I have gotten positions because I'm a minority so the diversity box or the equity box could be checked. But I think what has always been missing in my experience is the inclusion. And it means a lot to me that MSU is really focusing on the inclusion part.“I'm focusing on the inclusion part when it comes my licensing portfolio and our portfolio of licensees in retailers. I'm starting to look at who are the minority-owned businesses? Who are the woman-owned businesses? Who are the smaller mom and pop businesses that we can either license, or if they aren't in the financial area to be able to acquire the license, can they work with one of our current licensees and get the education behind it? I have heard from a lot of small individual entrepreneurs that are interested in entering the world of licensing, but they might not know how or have the resources.“And so how can our current licensing family help them and teach them the roles of licensing and how to get started? Are there some diverse printing companies that are local that maybe some of our larger licensees can work with to print the merchandise and get it into our retail locations? I want to continue the great work that MSU has done with inclusion and make sure that I am also paying attention to inclusion as well.”MSU Today airs Saturdays at 5 p.m. and Sundays at 5 a.m. on WKAR News/Talk and Sundays at 8 p.m. on 760 WJR. Find “MSU Today with Russ White” on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and wherever you get your shows.

The following is a conversation between Sharon Waxman, President & CEO of the Fair Labor Association, and Denver Frederick, the Host of The Business of Giving. The Fair Labor Association is a nonprofit collaborative effort of universities, civil society organizations, and businesses. Its mission is promoting adherence to international and national labor laws. They believe that the products we buy should not come at the cost of workers' rights. And here to tell us more about what they do and how they do it is Sharon Waxman, the president and CEO of the Fair Labor Association.

Jargon is common in the nonprofit sector. For some it can communicate knowledge, but for most people, using jargon, acronyms, and complicated phrases can be alienating.. Big Duck's founder and board member, Sarah Durham chats with Bill Furmanski, senior director of communications at the Fair Labor Association about de-jargoning the messaging in your organization and how to make sure your audiences can understand who you are in plain language.

This last miniseries episode dives into the complexities of global supply chains and the huge challenges involved in tracing cotton from the field to the clothing we wear. We speak to Patricia Jurewicz, founder and Vice President of the Responsible Sourcing Network and on the advisory committee of the Cotton Campaign about the supply chain and innovative approaches to traceability. With Sharon Waxman, we discuss other models for supply chain traceability as well as policy prescriptions to address the crisis in Xinjiang. Sharon is President and CEO of the Fair Labor Association, and previously served in senior roles at the US State Department and the International Rescue Committee. 

In this episode: Hansiba (SEWA) - http://www.hansiba.in/ Auroville, India: https://www.auroville.org/ Fair Labor Association: https://www.fairlabor.org/ Telfar Gold Metallic Small Tote: https://shop.telfar.net/collections/collection-of-collections Faux or Fashion: HauteTrader - https://fashionista.com/2020/06/secondhand-market-resale-looted-goods Copenhagen Fashion Week - https://wwd.com/fashion-news/fashion-scoops/copenhagen-fashion-week-go-ahead-august-1203642533/ Kendell Jenner Fyre Festival Lawsuit Settlement - https://www.wsj.com/articles/kendall-jenner-settles-lawsuit-over-fyre-festival-11589991702 Email: m@fashionleague.io

In episode 176, Kestrel welcomes Brianna Kilcullen, a sustainability and supply chain expert + the founder of ANACT, to the show. A brand new sustainable towel company, ANACT is all about taking simple acts to make an impact. “I chose hemp because it has these natural performance features that don’t need any manipulation with putting a chemical or a treatment or a finish on it. And so it made sense to me to use earth’s natural resources to solve these problems.” - Brianna Kilcullen, Founder of ANACT On this week’s show, Brianna shares more on her journey into sustainability, and how she built her own role at Under Armour, to become the first full-time sustainability employee on their team. She also walks us through the inspiration behind ANACT — basically, her search for a solution for smelly towels. :) Brianna explains several of the superpowers of hemp, and where we are currently in the United States when it comes to the industrialization of hemp. The below thoughts, ideas + organizations were brought up in this chat: Fair Labor Association, the FLA believes that all goods should be produced fairly and ethically, and brings together universities, civil society organizations and companies - to find sustainable solutions to systemic labor issues Notre Dame + worker rights HEMP is biostatic, meaning it prevents the growth of microorganisms The average person uses a towel 10 times per day Hemp Farming Act Bill of 2018 Hemp Bound by Doug Fine, book Brianna suggests 2014 Farm Act Bill, allowed universities to cultivate industrial hemp By purchasing one of ANACT’s towels, you save 526 days of drinking water. Support ANACT's Kickstarter here >

In the 4th episode of ELEVATE Sustainability Journeys, we connected with Nathan Fleisig of Outerstuff to hear how his experiences in factories abroad have influenced his role in CSR engagement. Outerstuff’s unique role in the middle between factories and brands gives the company and Nathan in his role as Director of Corporate Social Responsibility the leverage to guide factory improvement in working conditions and performance. Nathan’s work includes implementing and enhancing sustainable compliance programs specific to stakeholder global strategies, which includes brands like Adidas, Amazon, Fanatics, Fair Labor Association, MLB, MLS, NBA, NFL, Nike, USOC, and US Universities. You can find out more about ELEVATE by visiting our website. Have a question about what you've heard or have a suggestion for us? Contact our podcast hosts Ian Spaulding or Andrew Savini here. 

Sharon Waxman has dedicated her career to tackling strategic and policy issues in the areas of international labor, human trafficking, refugee rights, and human security with services in the government, private and nonprofit sectors. Prior to joining the Fair Labor Association as president and CEO in 2015, Sharon was a vice president at the International Rescue Committee and served as deputy to the Undersecretary of State for Civilian Security, Democracy and Human Rights. She spent a decade as the senior national security advisor to U.S. Senator Edward Kennedy (D-MA). The Fair Labor Association combines the efforts of business, civil society organizations, and colleges and universities to protect workers and improve working conditions by promoting international standards and helping businesses meet them.   Edit: At 24:55, instead of Consumer Federation of America, Sharon Waxman meant to say National Consumers League.

In episode 130, Kestrel welcomes Shelly Gottschamer, the head of sustainability and supply chain at Outerknown, to the show. A sustainable menswear brand co-founded by 11-time world champion surfer Kelly Slater + designer John Moore, Outerknown believes in building products by making every decision with the highest regard for the environment and the people they work with. "We're in an environmental crisis that we cannot ignore, so you have to kind of take that approach to business, and do what you can in business to sort of change that paradigm - and that's a piece of smash the formula. We really want to do things differently and inspire others by proving the case that you can do this." - Shelly Gottschamer, Head of Sustainability + Supply Chain at Outerknown In this episode, Shelly shares more on her personal journey, how she's had an interest in fashion since she was a young child, and the amount she learned about sustainability working with Levi's in the past. She also shares details on Outerknown's approach to fabric selection, as well as their multilayered system to ensuring the safety and wellbeing of the humans in their supply chain. Additionally, Shelly explains in detail the ways that Outerknown is pushing the needle to take transparency + circularity to the next level. The below thoughts, ideas + organizations were brought up in this chat: Outerknown's Preferred Fiber Strategy: organic, recycled, regenerated. "Up to 90% of our raw materials fall within that preferred fibers, and the last 10% is really due to minimums as an emerging brand."  "I feel as a sustainable brand, unless you know your inputs, you can't really say you're a sustainable brand because your raw materials are on average two thirds of your environmental impact." Outerknown is a Bluesign Partner "We really need to change the way that we think about apparel. The take-make-use cycle needs to be turned into the reuse-reduce cycle, and figuring out how to take those inputs and put them back into a working system is super important and there's a lot of work to do there." Evrnu, fiber technology that is working to transform textile waste into pristine new fiber Outerknown has partnered with Bard University's Sustainability MBA program, where they are working to develop a Circularity Roadmap For Apparel Brands, which will be open source Outerknown has also joined the Ellen MacArthur Fiber Initiative, which is a three year plan to really figure out which levers need to be pulled to move toward a circular economy In The Copenhagen Fashion Summit's 2018 Pulse Of The Fashion Industry Report, Outerknown published their first three years sustainability strategy as open source (can be found on page 30 of the report) "I think that transparency is becoming a trend, and I think it's a good one." Outerknown lists all of their suppliers on their website here > Outerknown is a Fair Labor Association accredited brand Outerknown uses the Better Work Vietnam program (an ILO program) Outerknown's buttons are made in collaboration with Oceanworks out of recycled ocean plastics Outerknown's S.E.A. Jeans are now available - they come with a lifetime guarantee: Outerknown will repair or replace damaged jeans for no charge, because these jeans were built to last

Random rant about ethics in relation to IRL and the digital world. more about Nestle: “In 2005 the International Labor Rights Fund (ILRF) brought suit against Nestlé and several other companies in U.S. federal court under the Alien Tort Claims Act, charging that they were involved in the abuse and forced labor of child workers in the West African cocoa supply chain. (In December 2009 Nestlé announced that its Kit Kat chocolate products in Britain would start to be sold with certification from the Fairtrade Foundation.) A 2012 report by the Fair Labor Association found numerous serious violations of Nestlé’s own child labor policies among its suppliers. In 2006 ILRF sued Nestlé again in U.S. court, accusing the company with complicity in the torture and murder of a Colombian trade union leader by paramilitary forces with which it allegedly had a long-standing relationship. In 2012 the European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights and the Colombian trade union SINALTRAINAL...”

Maximizing Positive Social Impact and Minimizing Environmental Impact: An Interview with Ali Kenney of Burton Snowboards  It's almost impossible to upcycle used snowboards. Because their components—metal, wood, plastic, resin—are tightly fused during manufacturing, the best end-of-life outcome is usually chopped scrap that can be downcycled into fill. Which is why Burton is working with a new recyclable epoxy resin. ReRez allows used snowboards to be disassembled, and each material input to be reccyled into new life. This focus on end-of-life innovation is just one of the ways that Burton is meeting its ambitious 2020 sustainability goals. From 100% Fair Labor Association compliance in its factories, to the carbon-neutral Burton US Open, to Chill, its youth development program, the company believes that succeeding as a business means succeding at sustainability. The Bard MBA's Cory Skuldt spoke with Ali Kenney, VP of Global Strategy and Insights at Burton, for The Impact Report. Kenney proposed and built Burton's Global Sustainability Department and currently drives the sustainability strategy and platform for the company's portfolio of brands. #leadthechange ImpactReportPodcast.com

In Episode 3 of Series 3 of The Rights Track we talk to Dr Alexander Trautrims  from the University of Nottingham who leads the Rights Lab's programme of research helping businesses to develop and implement measures to ensure their supply chains are slavery free.  0.00-8.00 Explanation of what  supply chains are and how they work - why and how certain supply chains are more complex than others and how they can differ across and  between countries. What drives why and how supply chains are established: e.g. availability, cost, expertise, specialist resources. Why and how labour and the cost of labour are key to supply chains and winning business. Discussion around the existing obligations and protections (laws/human rights) that exist to protect workers. Alex explains that different countries operate within different legislative contexts. He cites Brazil as an example of advanced labour law and the UK as being the opposite with an increasing trend towards outsourcing low-skilled labour where the only way they can keep costs low is by providing worse terms and conditions to workers - he says this is particularly prevalent in the public sector. Todd mentions recent investigations into companies like Flatcom, Toshiba and Apple into unfair working practices and the work of the Fair Labor Association in Washington looking into these. He mentions an earlier episode of The Rights Track with Professor Shareen Hertel where workers rights and unfair practices were discussed but then asks Alex to outline some of the more exploitative practices that he's been looking at.  Explanation of where in the supply chain exploitative practices are most prevalent, what those practices look like and how it is detected 8.00-12.20 Alex mentions his recent research looking at exploitative practices in car washes and how, in some cases, it is clearly observable that workers are not* possibly being paid the minimum wage or that they are being coerced or forced to work. He explains that one of the biggest concerns is that there is a ‘normalisation' of these practices Discussion around who is legally responsible for these activities e.g. if there is a car wash operating in a supermarket car *park* is the supermarket responsible for making sure illegal/unethical practices are not occurring?    Alex explains the car washes have been the subject of considerable recent scrutiny by the Labour Abuse Authority and Anti-Slavery Commissioner and in the media recently with some high profile arrests Todd asks about public attitudes towards towards using services that they ‘know' to be exploitative and asks if , rather like with free range eggs, if people knew the labour was sourced ethically they would be prepared to pay more for the service. Alex says there has been a change in how this is viewed and that many  members of the public are ‘wilfully ignorant' and choose not to behave ethically because they do not necessarily see a direct benefit to themselves of doing so. When it comes to businesses ‘turning a blind eye' to what might be happening in the car parks, he believes however that increasingly it is being understood and accepted that ignorance is not a defence and that legislation will be developed to enforce that. 12.20-end More detailed explanation of Alex's car wash research and how he and colleagues investigated a car wash and modelled all the relevant statistics to show that there was no way its workers could have been paid the minimum wage. How the research is being used on a bigger scale by police forces in their efforts to investigate other car washes Todd mentions how the 2015 Modern Slavery Act is working to ensure large businesses are being transparent about their supply chains and to state publicly how they will fight modern slavery but asks how do they know what's happening and put practices in place  Alex says he believes the Act is doing a great deal to encourage good supply chain practice but says the challenges in achieving this are huge for some companies and that it is almost impossible to guarantee. Discussion around how the Unchained Supply Project is working to help companies detect, development and implement measures against modern slavery in supply chains and procurement activities  Other useful links Modern slavery challenges to supply chains management - research paper Advancing supply chain management for the challenges of Modern Slavery - blog post Thomson Reuters Anti-Slavery Summit 2017 - Supply Chain Risks Panel - panel discussion  

Development consultant Jason Wares splits his time between the non-profit and for-profit worlds as Managing Director of North Carolina’s Community Nutrition Partnership, devoted to increasing access to fresh, local, affordable food, and Managing Director of Safe Water, a company that provides sanitation and disinfection solutions in a wide range of industries. Wares has development experience on five continents as a strategic and financial management consultant for organizations including the Fair Labor Association, Global Education Partnership, CHF International and RTI International.

This is the 5th Annual Symposium on Sustainable Business on Profits and Politics: Sustainability and the Global Corporation. The second panel starts with remarks provided by David Matthew, Professor at Baruch College Zicklin School of Business. This panel includes Jorge Perez-Lopez, Executive Director of Fair Labor Association and Nathan Fleisig, Corporate Social Responsibility Manager in Outerstuff, Ltd. The panelists discuss the current practices of major global corporations of their labor and trade standards to meet the emerging global social standards for corporate responsibilities.

This is the 5th Annual Symposium on Sustainable Business on Profits and Politics: Sustainability and the Global Corporation. The second panel starts with remarks provided by David Matthew, Professor at Baruch College Zicklin School of Business. This panel includes Jorge Perez-Lopez, Executive Director of Fair Labor Association and Nathan Fleisig, Corporate Social Responsibility Manager in Outerstuff, Ltd. The panelists discuss the current practices of major global corporations of their labor and trade standards to meet the emerging global social standards for corporate responsibilities.

Guest April Linton of the Fair Labor Association speaks with Diane Horn about her book, "Fair Trade from the Ground Up: New Markets for Social Justice."

HOST: Apple Store managers in major cities around the world, today, received a stack of papers bearing a quarter million signatures demanding Apple improve working conditions for employees in its manufacturing plants. KALW’s Jayme Catsouphes reports from near San Francisco’s Union Square. -- CATSOUPHES: At Apple’s flagship store in downtown San Francisco, representatives of Change [dot] org and the Apple retail workers union handed the documents to general manager Larry Verder. VERDER [apple store manager] [3:19-:22]: Is that it? That’s quite a bit actually. Well thanks guys, thanks for bringing this up. CATSOUPHES: The petition was inspired by recent reports of workplace abuses in Shenzhen, China, where many high tech components are made. Change [dot] org communications manager Charlotte Hill says she has an iPhone and a MacBook but doesn’t want to be complicit in worker abuses. HILL [1:16-1:33]: 17sec As much as we love Apple we would love it so much more if we could trust that our products were being made by workers who were working regular hours who werent suffering from loss of the use of their hands, or from swollen legs or from neurological damage from chemicals being used in these factories. CATSOUPHES: And Change [dot] org CEO Ben Rattray says it’s not just about Apple. RATTRAY: [:40-50] If Apple changes its policies, it doesn’t change one company, because the iconic nature of this company, it changes two, and then ten, and then hundreds. CATSOUPHES: Apple issued a response the the protest, saying, “We insist that our suppliers provide safe working conditions, treat workers with dignity and respect, and use environmentally responsible manufacturing processes wherever Apple products are made. Our suppliers must live up to these requirements if they want to keep doing business with Apple.” And Apple has made recent changes. Last month, the company joined the Fair Labor Association, which will independently report on workplace conditions in the factories of Apple’s suppliers. For KALW News, I’m Jayme Catsouphes, in San Francisco.

Interview with Zack Lerner, president of Rutgers United Students Against Sweatshops, and Uni. Of RI prof Richard McIntyre about sweatshop monitoring group Fair Labor Assocation