Click on the following links. Please note these will open in a new window.

Exercise 10.3 When the Family Breaks Down

• Hope’s Boy,’ a Memoir of Childhood in Foster Care

Exercise 10.4 The World Trade Organization (WTO)

• WTO History Project
• Read “What is the WTO?”

Exercise 10.5 When It’s American Workers Who Are Exploited

• Read "Ikea’s U.S. Factory Churns Out Unhappy Workers”

Exercise 10.6 Why Are We Cutting Food Stamps?

• Read “Cuts in Food Stamps Forces Hard Choices on Poor”
• Read “Food Stamp Cut Backed by Republicans With Voters on Rolls”
• Read “The Insanity of our Food Policy”
• Exercise 10.7 Students Creating Change: The Anti-Sweatship Movement
• United Students Against Sweatshops

Exercise 10.8 Work, Unemployment, and Our Changing Economy

• U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor’ Mass Layoff Statistics

Exercise 10.9 Immigration and Citizenship

• U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

Suggestions for Specific Actions

• Review the information on the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Students and Exchange Visitors web page
• Jobs With Justice
• Go to Free the Children’s website.
  
  • After browsing through the website, read the information provided on child labor and check out the resources.  
  • For example, the city of Bangor, Maine, passed legislation stating, “All clothes available on local store shelves should be made according to established international standards of ethical production.”