Anti-sweatshop campaign mixes ethics, economics.(Clean Clothes Campaign)(Brief Article) From: National Catholic Reporter | Date: September 7, 2001| Author: BOLE, WILLIAM | COPYRIGHT 2001 National Catholic Reporter. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

At first browse, few would size up Michelle Walker's clothing and gift boutique here as a visible bastion of solidarity with the oppressed workers of the world. Yet below the decorative star lamps made of rice paper and among the layered chiffon dresses, her customers might spy a "Worker Friendly" tag revealing the item was made under ethical conditions, free of sweatshop labor.

"It's a way of integrating ethics into my business," said Walker, owner of the upscale Coyote...

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