Celebrities and Gossip Have you seen the pictures of Madonna and her baby yet? Have you ever surfed the web and stumbled onto a site about celebrities? Probably so. There are thousands of sites on the web about celebrities; their official web sites, pictorials and biographical information. You can’t even go into a supermarket without being bombarded by tabloids.You can’t listen to the radio in the car. TV shows and whole networks rely on entertainment and celebrities in the news. VH1, MTV and
What are sweatshops? The Miriam-Webster dictionary defines sweatshops as: A shop or factory in which employees work for long hours at low wages and under unhealthy conditions. These factories are mainly located in Third-World countries, although there are still a few in the United States. Many popular, name brand companies like Nike, use sweatshops around the world. Today there is much controversy about sweatshops and whether they should be banned and closed. In reality, the conditions of these factories
workers and the local community. Various groups support or embody the anti-sweatshop movement today. The National Labor Committee brought sweatshops into the mainstream media in the 1990s when it exposed the use of sweatshop and child labor to sew Kathie Lee Gifford's Wal-Mart label. United Students Against Sweatshops is active on college campuses. The International Labor Rights Fund filed a lawsuit[20] on behalf of workers in China, Nicaragua, Swaziland, Indonesia, and Bangladesh against Wal-Mart charging
In a 1996 congressional testimony, National Labor Committee executive, Charles Kernaghan, led an expose on Kathie Lee Gifford when he revealed “that child laborers in Honduras were making the Gifford clothing line sold at Wal-Mart” (Duke). This realization caused Gifford to dissolve into tears and, over time, use her brand in the fight against corporate practices. For a while, these protestors were able to make a difference as many corporations
conditions and often child labor (https://goo.gl/fWnuyU.) It was established in the mid 1990’s and it obtained tons of attention from many people, and it escalated rather quite quickly. The best well known incident happened in 1996 when TV star Kathie Lee Gifford was ambushed by Charles Kernaghan, the director of the National Labor Ruiz 5 Committee, with a young girl who worked for low wages in a Honduran factory making Gifford’s line of Wal-Mart clothing (https://goo.gl/eSQZJU.) According to nytimes
In January 2018, Damon resurfaced to apologies and regrets his earlier comments. He said, "I really wish I'd listened a lot more before I weighed in on this," he even told Kathie Lee Gifford on Today. "I don't want to further anybody’s pain with anything that I do or say. So for that, I am really sorry. ... I should get in the back seat and close my mouth for a
responsibility to set an example and take a stand for these troubling causes. Some have the insolence to actually use child labor! These are the biggest celebs alleged of profiting from the mistreatment of workers : The Kardashians, Phil Knight (Nike), Kathie Lee Gifford, Daisy Fuentes, Glenn K. Murphy (Gap). (Ranker) Millions of children are forced to work when they should be enjoying their childhood, learning and not working. Working deprives them and their families, the opportunity to develop and thrive.
History is taught so that we can learn from the mistakes of the past and prevent them from happening again. The Industrial Revolution was a horrid period of time for people of the working class. The Industrial Revolution brought pain, suffering, and deaths to huge amounts of people, and yet, the economists off today have not learned the lesson. Sweatshops are the modern day versions of factories during the Industrial Revolution. Sweatshops and factories of the Industrial Revolution share many similarities
Sweatshops are a Current Problem in the Fashion Industry Many societies face the much overlooked problem of child labor and sweatshops in the fashion industry. Recently, Americans were stunned to learn that their apple pie sweetheart, Kathie Lee Gifford was associated with the exploitation of underage workers in Honduras. Gifford's story began the resurgence of knowledge of the growing problem of sweatshops in today's society. Contrary to popular belief, sweatshops still exist across the world
"Please, sir," replied Oliver, "I want some more." No one will ever forget the simple plea made by the poor hungry little orphan named Oliver Twist. Nobody will be able to omit from his mind the painful blows that Oliver suffered. Nor will anyone cease to recall what it felt like to be young and helpless in a much bigger and stronger world. In an effort to bring the ostracized poverty situation of so many children to the public's attention, Charles Dickens wrote an unforgettable book to touch the