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Shrink your urls with 3bl.me -- a donation will go to SweatFree Communities. Campaign Updates7/19: Big step forward for Sweatfree DC; Councilwoman Mary Cheh shows support >> 6/11: Sweatfree Purchasing Consortium is officially launched >> 6/9: Ithaca to develop a sweatfree policy >> 4/30: DC labor community takes over procurement reform hearing >> 4/13: Sweat Free Houston sets new record with 85 local campaign endorsers! >> 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 >> More updates >> |
Recent NewsCRISIS IN BANGLADESH-- latest update 8/22 >> 8/16: Bangladesh Arrests 21 After Rallies | New York Times >> 8/5: Advocates call on government of Bangladesh to cease repression of workers | press release >> 7/19: Bangladesh, with low pay, moves in on China | New York Times >> 7/19: Factory defies sweatshop label, but can it thrive? | New York Times >> 7/11: Fair Trade, shared space in Olympia | The News Tribune >> 7/1: Seattle to begin using sweatfree uniform purchasing policy | press release >> 6/28: On the one-year anniversary of the coup, Honduran social movement announces general strike | press release >> 6/14: What do China's workers want? | New York Times >> 6/6: Foxconn to double China factory-worker salaries after suicides | Bloomberg >> 6/1: Ithaca considers sweatshop-free policy for uniforms | The Ithaca Journal >> 5/4: Sweatshops up for debate in gubernatorial candidates' forum | AP >> 4/8: Different anti-sweatshop strategy wins breakthrough | Human Rights for Workers blog >> 4/2: ASDA installs webcams in Bangladesh factories | AFP-Yahoo News >> 3/26: Multinationals and Anti-sweatshop Activism | American Economic Review >> |
Act NowUrgent: Tell Walmart, Sears, JC Penney and others to call for justice in the garment sector in Bangladesh >> Urgent: Urge the Prime Minister of Bangladesh to stop the harassment and detentions of labor leaders >> Ask your governor to join the SweatFree Purchasing Consortium >> Events7th National SweatFree Summit, Olympia, WA, November 5-7, 2010 >> Bring an exhibit of garment worker paintings to your community >> Report from our spring speaking tour >> Featured Resources Shopping? Check out our Shop with a Conscience Guide, updated annually >> Just Purchasing? Practicing our faith at the market. A guide
for Presbyterian camps, conference centers and congregations >>
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 >> Made in L.A. video clip focusing on sweatshop problem launched on May Day. Watch online >> More resources >>
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