Fair Trade

THE DERAILER'S GUIDE TO THE WTO
Provides basic information about WTO agreements, what is on the negotiating table for Hong Kong and the remainder of the Doha Round (which will likely continue through 2006), and the main actors in these negotiations. It also offers ideas about how all those committed to social and economic justice can stalemate, or derail, this latest liberalization offensive through the WTO parading under the guise of development.

Campaign for Labor Rights
It is our mission  to mobilize grassroots support throughout the United States to promote economic and social justice by campaigning to end labor rights violations around the world. CLR educates about, and advocates against, the underlying causes of the global sweatshop. Our campaign strategies are designed in collaboration with workers struggling to gain the right to organize, the right to earn a living wage in a clean, safe work environment, and the right to bargain collectively with their bosses.

Center for Economic and Policy Research
In order for citizens to effectively exercise their voices in a democracy, it is necessary that they be informed about the problems and choices that they face. CEPR is committed to presenting issues in an accurate and understandable manner, so that the public is better prepared to choose among the various policy options.

World of Good
We bring beautiful, handcrafted products from cooperatives, NGOs and nonprofits in developing countries to the US market with the aim of promoting fair trade and reinvesting the profits to better the communities from which they come.

Citizen's Trade Campaign
A national coalition of environmental, labor, consumer, family farm, religious, and other civil society groups founded in 1992 during the fight over the North American Free Trade Agreement. We are united in a common belief that international trade and investment must be viewed as a means for achieving other societal goals such as economic justice, human rights, healthy communities, and a sound environment.

Co-op America
Empowering individuals to make purchasing and investing choices that promote social justice and environmental sustainability; demanding an end to corporate irresponsibility through collective economic action; promoting green and fair trade business principles while building the market for businesses adhering to these principles; and building sustainable communities in the US and abroad.

Equal Exchange
Building long-term trade partnerships that are economically just and environmentally sound, fostering mutually beneficial relationships between farmers and consumers and demonstrating, through our success, the contribution of worker co-operatives and Fair Trade to a more equitable, democratic and sustainable world.

Fair Trade Federation
An association of fair trade wholesalers, retailers, and producers whose members are committed to linking low-income producers with consumer markets and educates consumers about the importance of purchasing fairly traded products.

Global Exchange
A membership-based international human rights organization dedicated to promoting social, economic and environmental justice around the world. Since our founding in 1988, we have successfully increased public awareness of root causes of injustice while building international partnerships and mobilizing for change.

The International Labour Organization
The UN specialized agency which formulates international labour standards in the form of Conventions and Recommendations setting minimum standards of basic labour rights: freedom of association, the right to organize, collective bargaining, abolition of forced labour, equality of opportunity and treatment, and other standards regulating conditions across the entire spectrum of work related issues.

Maquila Solidarity Network
A labour and women's rights advocacy organization promoting solidarity with grassroots groups in Mexico, Central America, and Asia working to improve conditions in maquiladora factories and export processing zones.

National Labour Committee
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UNITE HERE!
UNITE (formerly the Union of Needletrades, Industrial and Textile Employees) and HERE (Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees International Union) merged on July 8, 2004. The union represents more than 450,000 active members and more than 400,000 retirees throughout North America. Our top priority: organizing the unorganized!