State and Local Government Sweatfree Consortium Convening Meeting

On March 29, 2007, the Department of General Services of the State of Pennsylvania hosted the convening meeting of the State and Local Government Sweatfree Consortium in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. SweatFree Communities planned and coordinated the meeting. Participants included public officials and worker rights advocates from four states (Maine, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and New York) and two cities (Los Angeles and San Francisco); factory monitoring, labor rights, and legal experts; representatives of unions and religious organizations; and other interested parties.

After a series of informational presentations, the meeting focused on a discussion about the Consortium White Paper. Participants agreed to form a State and Local Government Sweatfree Consortium and set plans in place toward that goal, including forming an Interim Consortium Steering Committee.

Read the report from the meeting.

Presentations

Click the links below to download presentations from the meeting.

• "State and Local Government Sweatfree Consortium"
Bjorn Claeson, Executive Director, SweatFree Communities

• "The Race to the Bottom and How to Stop It -- Again"
Robert J.S. Ross, Clark University

• "Monitoring of Global Apparel Supply Chains"
Dara O'Rourke, University of California, Berkeley

• "Enforcing High Labor Standards in the Apparel Industry: The University Experience"
Scott Nova, Executive Director, Worker Rights Consortium

• "State of Maine Purchasing Code of Conduct"
Betty M. Lamoreau, Director, Division of Purchases, State of Maine

State and Local Government Sweatfree Consortium Convening Meeting, March 29, 2007 

For more information, please contact Bjorn Claeson: bjorn(at)sweatfree.org/207-262-7277.