of the work he has done over the years has caused him some trouble. AFL-CIO president John Sweeney said Kernaghan, "Because of Charlie's crusades ... we're beginning to learn the awful truth about workers around the world who are slaving away their lives in sweatshops, who are denied the right to join or form a union in order to fight back a provide a better life for their families." Noam Chomsky said of Kernaghan in The Nation that the anti-sweatshop movement is in some ways, he said, "like the antiapartheid movement, except that in this case it's striking at the core of the relations of exploitation. It's another example of how different constituencies are working together. Much of this was initiated by Charlie Kernaghan of the National Labor Committee in New York and other groups within the labor movement." In May 2006, Kernaghan's organization exposed the plight of thousands of victims of human trafficking in Jordan, working in sweatshops in free trade zones making clothing for export to the United States. The New York Times quoted him as saying, "These are the worst conditions I've ever seen." Kernaghan has been a frequent guest on Democracy Now!, and his investigations have been published and broadcast by the mainstream media. Personal life Kernaghan died in Manhattan, New York City, on June 1, 2022. References External links Charles Kernaghan: Keynote Speaker at Widener University, Mar 1, 2012. 1948 births 2022 deaths American human rights activists Anti-corporate activists Workers' rights activists People from Brooklyn American people of Czech descent American people of Scottish descent Activists from New York (state) Catholics from New York (state)