Linda F. Golodner

In the following viewpoint, Linda F. Golodner asserts that consumer pressure can help decrease the use of sweatshop child labor. She contends that personal boycotts and other forms of consumer protests have helped improve human rights by convincing companies to establish codes of conduct that ban the use of child labor in the manufacture of their products. According to Golodner, consumer activism has also led several cities to adopt resolutions that ban the sale of sweatshop-made goods. Golodner is the president of the National Consumers League, an organization that works to increase consumer influence on market and labor issues.

As you read, consider the following questions:

1. Why does Golodner disagree with the assertion that personal boycotts cannot be successful?
2. What conditions have led to the flourishing of child labor...