This doesn't mean that MNEs are powerless when it comes to labor-related matters in overseas facilities. When the Swedish retailer IKEA ran into trouble in India for buying carpets from local companies that relied heavily on extensive child labor, it identified and tackled two different problems rather than try to force suppliers to stop exploiting the children. First, it helped work- ing mothers increase family earning power so they could escape the clutches of the loan sh to whom they were putting up their children as collateral. Second, it set up"bridge schools to enable working children to enter mainstream education channels within a year