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Campaign Updates

2/28: Sweat Free Houston hosts benefit show Saturday March 6 >>

2/15: SweatFree Wisconsin Campaign Victory! State of Wisconsin joins SweatFree Purchasing Consortium >>

2/10: Pittsfield, MA becomes 40th "sweatfree" city >>

2/3: Pittsfield, MA Ordinance and Rules Committee passes sweatfree policy >>

1/26: Milwaukee, WI police uniform contract finally awarded; the worker to protect the workers begins now >>

12/9: Presente exhibit comes to Portland on 12/18; Portland celebrates one year since adoption of sweatfree purchasing policy >>

11/16: Garment worker paintings on tour >>

11/14: SweatFree Communities and allies release new policy paper on sweatfree federal procurement >>

11/13: New York and San Francisco join Sweatfree Purchasing Consortium >>

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Recent News 

3/7: Fair trade labeling isn't cut-and-dried | The Sacramento Bee >>

3/1: Public Procurement with a Conscience | Policy Innovations >>

3/1: Twenty-one locked-in apparel workers die in another factory fire in Bangladesh | Labor is Not a Commodity >>

2/26: Obama aims to use federal contracts as a way to lift wages | The New York Times >>

2/26: Babes in Arms: Sheriff´s deputies buy gear from company targeted by sweatshop investigators | Inland Empire Weekly >>

2/1: City should have picked American made uniforms | The Bay View Compass >>

1/28: Committee pushing for greater purchasing transparency | The Badger Herald >>

1/18: SFC signs open letter about human rights violations in Honduras >>

1/12: Milwaukee police get the uniform they wanted | Milwaukee Journal Sentinel >>

1/6: Milwaukee Police uniform choice criticized | Milwaukee Journal Sentinel >>

12/31: Governor Paterson announces record level of recovered wages returned to New Yorkers in 2008 | New York Dept of Labor >>

12/28: Vendor picked for Milwaukee police uniforms -- But sweatshop allegations must still be resolved | Milwaukee Journal Sentinel >>

12/21: NY takes stand against sweatshop abuses | Legislative Gazette >>

12/15: 3BL Media launches 3bl.me URL shortener to support charities and raise awareness of the 'Triple Bottom Line' approach for business | PR Newswire >>

12/14: NY joins Sweatfree Consortium | Women's Wear Daily >>

12/14: Portland (OR) celebrates its progress toward "sweatfree" procurement | Human Rights for Workers >> 

12/12: NY says no to sweatshops | The Gouverneur Times >>  

Events

"Sweatshop Workers Speak Out," April 2010 Speaking Tour >>

Bring an exhibit of garment worker paintings to your community >>

Featured Resources

Toxic Uniforms: Behind the 'Made in USA' Label, published Dec. 10, 2009 >>

Shopping? Check out our Shop with a Conscience Guide, updated Nov. 2009 >> 

Globalization We Can Grasp: The covenanting for justice online curriculum (incl. a sweatshop workshop module & video by SweatFree) >>

Subsidizing Sweatshops II: How our tax dollars can foster worker rights and economic recovery rather than fuel race to the bottom >> 

Sweatshop Solutions? Economic ground zero in Bangladesh and Wal-Mart's responsibility >>

New Made in L.A. video clip focusing on sweatshop problem launched on May Day. Watch online >>

On YouTube: Dishonorable Conduct - Military Uniform Sweatshops >>

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