Four hundred thousand diamond workers are protesting wages in Gugarat, India. A security firm opened fire on one gathering, killing one and injuring six. Inflation is at a 13 year high in India and it has become difficult for workers to survive. “Wages have remained static for over a decade, so we have no option

Wal-Mart has introduced a line of gold and silver jewelry called Love, Earth, which can be traced from the mine to the store shelf. Shoppers can go online and find out where their pieces were mined and read about the suppliers’ environmental programs. The new line is part of a larger effort by Wal-Mart to

Notes On The Rapaport Fair Trade Conference: June 2, 2008 Introduction: I posted an earlier report on this conference by Deidra Woolard. Now, these are my observations on the Rapaport Conference that took place in June. Marc In what has now become an annual event, the Rapaport Fair Trade Conference took place at the JCK