Please go to www.greenamerica.org/PDF/GuideSweatshops.pdf and read the "Guide to Ending Sweatshops" by Co-op America.
Page 10 says: "In January 2004, the New York Times reported on the jaw-dropping pay disparity between US baseball players and the Costa Rican workers who stitch baseballs for the major leagues. According to the Times, the average US baseball player makes around $2.4 million a year or $46,154 a week. Working 11 hours a day, Costa Rican laborers can craft about four balls an hour, at an average pay rate of 30 cents apiece. Usually, this works out to about $55 a week."
They offer Ten Ways to End Sweatshops (see the Guide for more details):
1. Organize locally
2. Support Co-op America's Wal-Mart campaign
3. Join other consumer campaigns
4. Use shareholder clout
5. Investigate companies
6. Buy fair trade
7. Support fair trade campaigns
8. Buy union-made, local and secondhand
9. Spread the word
10. Use the power of collective action
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