Charles Kernaghan

Charles Kernaghan

male
U.S. Congress, wal-mart, corporate greed, Kathy Lee Gifford, sweatshop, persona non grata
Charles Kernaghan is the executive director of the National Labor Committee in Support of Human and Worker Rights, headquartered in New York City....
Phil Knight

Phil Knight

male, 71 years old
entrepreneur, Nike, University of Oregon alumni, shoes, Stanford University alumni, From Oregon…sweatshop
Philip H. Knight (born February 24, 1938) is the co-founder and former CEO of Nike, Inc. and the owner of Laika Entertainment House (formerly Will...
Andrew Ross

Andrew Ross

male, 53 years old
Princeton University, Aberdeen University, University of Kent at Canterbury, University of California, Berkeley, American Studies, Alumni of the University of Aberdeen…sweatshop
Andrew Ross (born 1956) is Professor of American Studies in the Department of Social and Cultural Analysis at New York University. A writer for...
Peter Bagge

Peter Bagge

male, 51 years old
Libertarian, Buddy Bradley, black humor, sweatshop, From Seattle, neat stuff
Peter Bagge (pronounced /bag/, as in 'Plastic Bag') (born December 11, 1957) is a US comics artist and creator of Buddy Bradley, "Hate", "Neat...

André Apaid

male
haiti, Haitian American, sweatshop, Port-au-Prince, Papa Doc, Lavalas
André Apaid, Junior, is the leader of the Group of 184 in Haiti, the civil society movement which forced Jean-Bertrand Aristide from power in 2...
Boris Thomashefsky

Boris Thomashefsky

male, deceased (1939)
yiddish, Borscht Belt, The Witch, Lower East Side, Manhattan, Yiddish theatre performer, sweatshop
Boris Thomashefsky was a Ukrainian-born (later American) Jewish singer and actor who became one of the biggest stars in Yiddish theatre; born in...
Henry Mayhew

Henry Mayhew

male, deceased (1887)
Playwright, reform, Researcher, Punch and Judy, Morning Chronicle, London Labour and the London Poor…sweatshop
Henry Mayhew (25 November 1812 - 25th July 1887) was an English social researcher, journalist, playwright and advocate of reform. He was one of the...

Kenneth Alan Miller

male
Major League Baseball, Human rights activist, American, sweatshop, kenneth miller, United Students Against Sweatshops
Kenneth Miller is a Pittsburgh based anti-sweatshop organizer and former United Students Against Sweatshops member. He is the leader of the...

William Trenwith

male, deceased (1925)
Australian, Independent Australian politician, Australian Labor Party politician, trade union, Trade unionist, land tax…sweatshop
William Arthur Trenwith (July 15, 1846 - July 26, 1925) was a pioneer trade union official and labour movement politician for Victoria, Australia....

Peter Kovál

male
vogue magazine, cosmopolitan magazine, Harper's Bazaar, photographer, vogue, immigrant…sweatshop
Peter Kovál, also spelled Peter Koval, is a professional photographer. The only son of poor European immigrant parents – his father a holocaust sur...