And our individual choices increasingly have global consequences. In the following articles, BVM writers analyze some of the challenges and decisions we face, and what these realities demand of us as people of faith. Manufacturers and distributors of uniforms and college or sport logo-bearing attire are among the most flagrant and deceptive violators of workers' rights.
Unresolved cases provide examples of current struggles.
The Saipan Scene Apparel manufacturers have proliferated on Saipan, a U.S. Commonwealth in the Northern Mariana Islands. Despite its status, United States labor laws do not apply. Sweatshirts and tee shirts head the list of products from Saipan. Eighteen high-profile U.S. clothing manufacturers and retailers were named in three sets of litigation filed in the U.S. and Saipan in 1999. By May 2000, many of the 18 corporations had settled by agreeing to a comprehensive new Saipan Code of Conduct.