The anti-sweatshop movement has much in common with the anti-globalization movement.
The anti-sweatshop movement isn't a prime obstacle, but it's one more reason not to manufacture in Africa.
Apparel and footwear factories overseas have slowly improved working conditions in response to a highly vocal anti-sweatshop movement, labor rights advocates say.
For years the anti-sweatshop movement has said the best way to guard against abuses is to ensure that workers have the right to form independent unions.
The actions at Mexmode invigorated the American anti-sweatshop movement.
Several movements, such as the fair trade movement and the anti-sweatshop movement, have worked towards promoting a more socially just global economy.
"There are so many Jewish kids involved in the anti-sweatshop movement on campus," Rabbi Bachman said.
Harkin is involved in several other anti-child labor and anti-sweatshop movements.
Many of the people leading today's anti-sweatshop movement are longtime advocates of the Third World's poor and marginalized.
He has been active in the anti-sweatshop movement since the mid-1990s.