Finding an anti-sweatshop strategy that works.

SWEATSHOPS; ANTI-sweatshop movement; UNITED States politics & government, 2009-2017; OBAMA, Barack, 1961-; GLOBAL Financial Crisis, 2008-2009; COMMUNITY organization

In this article the author discusses strategies that could lead to the abolition of sweatshops in the United States and in developing countries. The author contends that as a result of the global financial crisis of 2008-09 the reduction in the number of international sweatshops will not be a priority for the administration of U.S. president Barack Obama. In order to eradicate sweatshop labor the author advocates for a change in U.S. foreign aid policies, that diplomatic measures be undertaken from a community organizer's perspective, and for the promotion of democracy in non-democratic nations.