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whEn kAthiE giFForD’s FACE wAs splAshED ACross thE nEwspApErs in 1996 AFtEr hEr luCrAtivE linE oF wAl mArt Clothing wAs ExposED As thE work oF unDErpAiD lABorErs in nEw yorkCity’sChinAtown, thEDEpArtmEnt oF lABor AnD thE whitE housE tEAmED up to ConDEmn suCh prACtiCEs. with muCh FAnFArE, prEsiDEntClinton’s ADministrAtion lAunChED thE "no swEAt" CAmpAign, whiCh prEssurED rEtAilErs AnD mAnuFACturErs to suBmit to pErioDiC inDEpEnDEnt inspECtion oF thEir workplACE ConDitions.
this CAmpAign urgED mAnuFACturErs to sign thE workplACECoDE oFCon DuCt, A promisE to sErF-rEgulAtE thAt hAs sinCE BEEn ADoptED By A hAnDFul oF rEtAilErs AnD mAny oF thE nAtion’s lArgEst mAnuFACturErs, inCluDing nikE AnD l.l.BEAn. howEvEr, thEDEpArtmEnt oFDEFEnsE, whiCh hAs A $1 Billion gArmEnt BusinEss thAt woulD mAkE it thE Country’s 14th lArgEst rEtAil AppArEl outlEt, hAs not signED thECoDE oFConDuCt. in ADDition, it hAs not AgrEED to DEmAnD thAt its ContrACtors suBmit to pErioDiC inspECtions.BECAusE thEDEpArtmEnt oFDEFEnsE hAs not AgrEED to ADhErE to thE CEDE, thE joB oF stopping puBliC sECtor swEAtshops FAlls to thEDEpArtmEnt oF lABor. FEDErAl ContrACtors thAt pErsist in violAting wAgE lAws or sAFEty AnD hEAlth CoDEs CAn losE thEir luCrAtivE tAxpAyEr FinAnCED ContrACts.But suzAnnE sEiDEn, A DEputy ADministrAtor At thEDEpArtmEnt oF lABor, sAys thAt to hEr knowlEDgE, thE DEpArtmEnt hAs nEvEr AppliED thAt rulE to govErnmEnt AppArEl mAnuFACturErs. "i just AssumE thAt thEy ArE ADhEring to sAFEty AnD hEAlth rEquirEmEnts," shE sAys.ACCorDing to rECorDs oBtAinED By mothEr jonEs, through A FrEEDom oF inFormAtionACt rEquEst, thE oCCupAtionAl sAFEty AnD hEAlthADministrAtion hAs CitED lion 32 timEs For sAFEty AnD hEAlth violAtions in thE pAst 12 yEArs.
whAt wAs thE purposE oF prEsiDEntClinton’s ADministrAtion lAunChing thE "no swEAt" CAmpAignA．to urgE mAnuFACturErs to oBEy thE workplACECoDE oFConDuCt.
B．to rEminD thE mAnuFACturErs oF thE workplACECoDE oFConDuCt.
C．to urgE thEDEpArtmEnt oF lABor to tAkE its rEsponsiBility.
D．to urgE thEDEpArtmEnt oFDEFEnsE to inspECt mAnuFACturErs.