Mama's Earth Fair Labor Credo

Mama's Earth pledges that everything we sell is sweatshop and cruelty-free.  We seek out companies that guarantee fair treatment of workers and reward them with our patronage.  We hope you'll do the same.  

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As corporations have become ever larger, they¹ve become ever more powerful. They can afford more and better lobbyists and lawyers to represent their interests, so they¹ve become bolder and more audacious in their pursuit of profit. Corporate Personhood confers on them constitutional rights and protections meant originally only for people. All this means that corporations today can act virtually with impunity and that they, not "We the People" often determine the American agenda.

Governments and international agencies (ie. World Trade Organization (WTO) & World Bank) have, at the urging of global corporations and under the guise of "free trade", enacted laws and policies requiring developing nations to create export industries to "bolster their economies". These agreements are developed in secrecy and imposed without the input or consent of those affected by them. Worse, these agencies make no provisions requiring corporations to respect the rights of workers or the environment.

These policies have created a global glut of manufacturing plants and plantations, allowing multinational corporations to dictate purchase prices and maximize profits at the expense of people and the planet. This is why DDT is still used in many countries, why farmers who have grown the same crop for generations can no longer grow it without paying Monsanto, why Bechtel OWNS much of the world¹s water supply... and why there are sweatshops!

Corporations flood stores with a staggering variety of goods made in every corner of the world. Retail giants put pressure on their suppliers to keep costs down, while encouraging consumers to buy more. Where and how these products are made, and why they are so cheap, is often a dirty secret kept from consumers. Profit pressure in the global economy moves downward from CEO to factory supervisor, each demanding more productivity for less cost from those below them. Where does the price squeeze end? At the bottom, with workers who are pushed to produce goods as quickly and cheaply as possible. This squeeze is what causes forced overtime, low wages, dangerous conditions, punishments and fines for slow work and mistakes, child labor, and other abuses found in sweatshops around the world.

YOUR VOTE COUNTS...VOTE WITH YOUR DOLLARS

The ONLY thing that most corporate entities care about is profits. Money gets their attention and that is where our leverage lies. Think before you buy that $4 shirt. Someone's sweat and blood probably went into its manufacture.  Ask every retailer about conditions under which their things are made before you buy. Patronize those who know and guarantee their products to be sweatshop-free.  Boycott those who can¹t or won¹t answer...and make sure they know your reasons. This moves some of the pressure back up to chain by making retailers ask the same questions of their suppliers.  You can make corporations listen by voting with your dollars. Your vote counts...to corporations and to the world!.

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