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Big Retailers Are Selling Clothing Made in Sweatshops Says Labor Activist

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Good morning, welcome to Radioactivity. I'm Rob Lorei. We're going to play the listener comments later in the program as we talk about guns and your response to the massacre in Connecticut- in light of what we just heard on Democracy Now. But first--

A little less than one month ago --On Nov. 24, more than 112 Bangladeshi workers were burned to death, trapped in a locked sweatshop sewing garments for Wal-Mart, Disney, Sears, Sean Combs/ENYCE, Target and others.

The National Catholic Rep...