Events

Tom Hayden speaking at press conference during the first annual SweatFree Communities Conference, May 15, 2004. The New York Labor-Religion Coalition and New York State United Teachers hosted the conference in Albany, New York. In the background: youth activists committed to "wearing sweatfree or wearing nothing."¯

Upcoming events

March 23, 2011, 4:00-6:00pm. Not One More Fire: Finding Solutions to Today's Sweatshops. New York City >>

March 24, 2011, 9:00am-6:30pm, Out of the Smoke and the Flame: The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire and Its Legacy. New York City >>

March 25, 2011, 11:00am–1:30pm. Official Commemoration led by Workers United. New York City >> 

April 6, 2011, 5:30-7:30pm. Not One More Fire: Organizing Globally - Remembering the Triangle Fire. Washington DC >>

More events commemmorating the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire at rememberthetrianglefire.org

Reports from past events

National SweatFree Summit 2010
Olympia, WA, Nov. 5-7. A report from the conference is here.

Sweatshop Workers Speak Out
April 2010 speaking tour. Photo-essay report from the tour. 

National SweatFree Summit 2009
Washington DC, November 6-8. Report from the event available here.

Economic Stimulus Worker Tour
March 22 - April 9, 2009. Report from the tour available here.

National SweatFree Summit 2008
Philadelphia, July 11-13. A weekend of training, strategy, and action. Report from the event available here.

Wal-Mart Sweatshop Workers Speaking Tour
Michigan and Ohio, April 6-18, 2008. Report from the event available here.

Clean Clothes and Fair Food
A conference to promote justice in factories and fields at Columbia Law School, New York City, April 27-29, 2007. Organized by SweatFree Communities and the Alliance for Fair Food. Report from the event available here.

SweatFree Communities International Conference 2006
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, April 7-9, 2006
Report from the event available here. (4 MB)

Northeast Anti-Sweatshop Conference for High School Students
Northampton, Massachusetts, Sept 30 - Oct 2, 2005
Report from the event available here.

SweatFree Communities National Conference 2005
Denver, Colorado, May 6-8. Report from the event available here.

SweatFree Communities National Conference 2004
Albany, New York, May 14-16.