1. A key issue facing the White House task force on sweatshops is just how independent monitors should be when they inspect apparel factories at home and abroad. 2. But Ms. Sanger said that Federated requires its contractors to sign a compliance agreement and repeatedly inspects the factories. 3. Federal regulators will also inspect the factories to make sure the company is complying, the government said. 4. Federal regulators will also inspect the factories. 5. It also hired former U.N. Ambassador Andrew Young to inspect those factories. 6. Local fire companies are supposed to inspect every factory in their districts once a year. 7. State and federal labor officials could readily inspect factories and enforce the laws. 8. The agreement also calls for independent monitors to inspect the factories. 9. The association would enforce the code and oversee independent monitors who would inspect factories for compliance. 10. The board would have power to certify the accounting firms or human rights groups that inspect the factories. |