Massachusetts Sweatfree Campaign

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Campaign Goal

If Massachusetts is like other states, most of the apparel, textiles, and other products that it buys are made in sweatshops.

But that can change. A growing national movement is organizing for sweatfree purchasing to build market demand for sweatfree products and political momentum for a just global economy.

Help us make Massachusetts sweatfree! Through our collective effort, our state can ensure living wages and decent working conditions for those producing goods for us.

Endorse the campaign now!

Take Action

Ask Governor Patrick to join the Sweatfree Purchasing Consortium.

1. Ask the governor to adopt this sweatshop-free procurement Executive Order . Here's a sample letter you may use. Use this form or send a letter or fax to:

Office of the Governor
Room 360
Boston, MA 02133
fax:(617)727-9725

2. Your action is most effective if you follow up with a phone call to the Governor's office: (617) 725-4005, (888) 870-7770.
3. Send us a note to let us know that you took action.
4. Spread the word! Ask your friends to take action!
5. Endorse the campaign.

Endorsers

Endorsers of the Massachusetts Sweatfree Campaign include:
Affiliated Faculty of Emerson College
American Friends Service Committee - Western Massachusetts
Arise for Social Justice
Autonomie Project, Inc.
Berkshire Central Labor Council
Boston May Day Coalition
Brazilian Women's Group
Carpenters Local Union 40
Catholic Labor Guild
Civil Liberties and Public Policy Program
Class Action
Conscious Consuming
Ethix Ventures Inc.
Five-College Sweatfree Coalition
Grassroots International
Greater Southeastern Mass. Labor Council
Guatemala Solidarity Committee of Boston
Hampshire-Franklin Central Labor Council
IAMAW Local Lodge 2654
IWW Boston Branch
Jewish Alliance for Law and Social Action
Labor Center Student Caucus-Umass Amherst
Mass Global Action
Massachusetts AFL-CIO
Massachusetts Coalition for Occupational Safety and Health (Mass COSH)
Massachusetts Community College Council
Massachusetts Jobs with Justice
Merrimack Valley Central Labor Council
National Association of Letter Carriers Branch 46
North Shore Labor Council
No Sweat Apparel
Ownership Associates, Inc
Pioneer Valley Central Labor Council
Plymouth/Bristol Central Labor Council
Radical Students Union of UMass
SEIU Local 615
UAW Local 470
UAW Local 2322
UAW MA State CAP Council
Unitarian Universalist Service Committee
United Educators of Pittsfield
United Electrical Workers Northeast Regional
UNITE HERE Local 26
UNITE HERE New England Joint Board
Western Massachusetts Jobs with Justice

Select individual endorsers:
Senator Ed Augustus
Felix Arroyo, Boston City Councilor
Elaine Bernard, Labor & Worklife Program, Harvard Law School
Steven Bochetti, Dept of Public Health
Noam Chomsky
David Coyle, Worcester MA
Howard Zinn