Sweatfree in the News
This collection of news specifically related to sweatfree campaigns is the result of dedicated organizing by sweatfree activists. Scroll down for other news collections. Click here for news releases.
- Support fight against sweatshops
Journal North - February 29, 2012 - Apparel vendor ethics eyed
Journal North - February 4, 2012 - Sweatfree Washington testifies in support of a state-level sweatfree procurement policy
TVW - January 19, 2012
Green Bay Ald. Ned Dorff pushes ethical purchase policy
Green Bay Press-Gazette - December 21, 2011City adds policy to combat sweatshops
The Ithacan - September 21, 2011City committee advances anti-sweatshop initiative
The Cornell Daily Sun - September 1, 2011- Workers detail conditions of overseas factory jobs
The Delaware County Daily News - April 3, 2011 - Labor leader from Bangladesh brings case to Providence
The Providence Journal - April 3, 2011 - Truth Tour Shines Light on Walmart Worker Conditions
Progress Illinois - March 29, 2011
- Stolen Wages and Death Sentences: Stories from the Wal-Mart Worker Tour
In These Times - March 29, 2011 - Debating the 'Global Sweatshop'
Women's Wear Daily - March 24, 2011 - 'Made in Newark' initiative hopes to introduce visitors to city's businesses, locally made products
The Star Ledger - March, 17, 2011 - W&K Steel rejects peace offering
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review - February 19, 2011 - Anti-sweatshop bill vetoed by Onorato
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - February 19, 2011 - Vowed veto of 'sweatshop' to stand
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review - February 18, 2011 - U. City adopts resolution against sweat shops
St. Louis Today - October 10, 2010 - Fair Trade, shared space in Olympia
The News Tribune - July 11, 2010 - Ithaca considers sweatshop-free policy for uniforms
The Ithaca Journal - June 1, 2010 - Sweatshops up for debate in gubernatorial candidates' forum
Associated Press - May 4, 2010 - Different anti-sweatshop strategy wins breakthrough
Human Rights for Workers blog - April 8, 2010 - Fair trade labeling isn't cut-and-dried
The Sacramento Bee - March 7, 2010 - Public Procurement with a Conscience
Policy Innovations - March 2, 2010 - Babes in Arms: San Bernardino Co. Sheriff's deputies by gear from a company that's been targeted by sweatshop investigators
Inland Empire Weekly - February 26, 2010 - City should have picked American made uniforms
The Bay View Compass - February 1, 2010 - Committee pushing for greater purchasing transparency
The Badger Herald - January 28, 2010 - Milwaukee police get the uniform they wanted
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - January 12, 2010 - Milwaukee Police uniform choice criticized
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel -January 6, 2010 - Vendor picked for Milwaukee police uniforms -- But sweatshopallegations must still be resolved
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - December 28, 2009 - NY takes stand against sweatshop abuses
Legislative Gazette - December 21, 2009 - 3BL Media launches 3bl.me URL shortener to support charities and raiseawareness of the 'Triple Bottom Line' approach for business
PR Newswire - December 15, 2009 - NY joins Sweatfree Consortium
Women's Wear Daily - December 14, 2009 - Portland (OR) celebrates its progress toward "sweatfree" procurement
Human Rights for Workers - December 14, 2009 - NY says no to sweatshops
The Gouverneur Times - December 12, 2009 - Governor Paterson announces New York's membership in national Sweatfree Purchasing Consortium
NY State Department of Labor - December 12, 2009 - Sweatshop purchasing law debated
The Pittsfield Gazette - December 10, 2009 - City Council chambers become temporary art gallery
Ashland Daily Tidings -November 25, 2009 - Shopping you can feel good about: Buying the union label
SEIU Blog - November 2, 2009 - Funding sweatshops globally
Atlantic Free Press - January 25, 2009 - Washington may become 'sweatfree'
The Daily Evergreen - September 30, 2009 - City adopts sweatshop ordinance
Berkeley Daily Planet - June 25, 2009 - Eagle workers protest plant closure
Standard Times - June 10, 2009 - Viewpoint: Communities going sweatfree
Sea Change Radio - May 6, 2009 - Labor organizations step up pressure in Russell dispute
Sporting Goods Intelligence (Vol. 26, No. 17) - April 27, 2009 - No sweat
Isthmus (Madison, WI) - April 23, 2009 - The latest corporate social responsibility news: UnEarth Day
CSRwire - April 21, 2009 - State labor pressure helps Honduran workers
The Daily Gazette (Schenectady, NY) - April 17, 2009 - Sweating It Out
Crain's New York Business Insider - April 16, 2009 - Economic Solutions: SweatFree Communities' new report and EFCA
WERU 89.9 (Maine) - April 16, 2009 - Fair labor activists appeal to state to join consortium Wisconsin Public Radio - April 16, 2009
Maine activists launch Subsidizing Sweatshops II from State House (watch online)
WABI TV 5 - April 15, 2009
- Rights organization praises Lion Apparel
Dalton Daily News - April 15, 2009 - Tax advocates greet last minutes filers on tax day
Oregon Public Broadcasting - April 15, 2009 - Warning on sweatshops issued in Maine
AP, Boston Globe - April 15, 2009
- Group chides, lauds Ohio company on factory
AP, WTTE Fox 28 - April 15, 2009
- State police uniforms being made in Dominican Republic sweatshop
Maine Public Broadcasting Network - April 15, 2009 - Berkeley set to vote on sweatshop ordinance
San Francisco Chronicle - April 15, 2009 - SweatFree Wisconsin to protest buying goods from companies with rights violations
Wisconsin State Journal -April 13, 2009 - City to consider ban on uniforms made in sweatshop conditions
Daily Californian - March 9, 2009
- City council urged to adopt sweatshop-free ordinance
The Berkeley Daily Planet - March 8, 2009 - Berkeley council to consider sweatshop-free ordinance
The Oakland Tribune - March 7, 2009 - A coalition is trying to convince state and local governments to notsettle for the low bid when they buy clothing for workers
WLSU Wisconsin Public Radio - March 27, 2009 - Workers-rights advocates push state for no-sweat guarantee
Wisconsin Public Radio - March 25, 2009
- Workers organize for union recognition at government contractorfactories in Massachusetts and Puerto Rico
GRITtv (starting at 36min.) - March 18, 2009 - Can social justice work be 'sweat free?'
Goshen College Record - March 12, 2009 - MakingCity Hall Sweat
New Labor Forum - Winter Issue - Police uniforms could come at premium
Journal Sentinel - December 25, 2008 - How to know if a product was made in a sweatshop
Cleveland Plain Dealer - December 14, 2008 - No sweat: Rally at Capitol seeks to draw attention to state-supported sweatshops
Lansing City Pulse - December 11, 2008 - Sweat Free Michigan campaign calls on the Governor
WLNS-TV - December 10, 2008 - Sweatshops
Gongwer Michigan Report - December 10, 2008 - Report links Wal-Mart's school uniforms to Bangladesh sweatshops
New York Teacher - December 4, 2008 - Labor groups release sweatshop-free list
Women's Wear Daily - December 2, 2008 - Laundry list of disputes delays award of police uniform contract
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - December 1, 2008 - Claeson, Raynor: Shop with a conscience
Athens Banner-Herald - November 30, 2008 - Black Friday shoppers get dark warning - check the label to stop sweatshops (click to listen)
Ohio Public Radio - November 26, 2008
- Why is this kipa different from all other kipot?
New Jersey Jewish News - November 27, 2008 - Portland passes first "sweatshop free" ordinance in Pacific NW
Northwest Labor Press - November 7, 2008
- Labor activists, retailer clashing
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette - October 26, 2008 - Uniforms from the sweatshop floor
The Cornell Daily Sun - October 24, 2008 - City urged to join anti-sweatshop coalition
The Ithaca Journal - October 24, 2008 - Clothing order makes sense
The Ironton Tribune - October 17, 2008 - Portland approves rules banning sweatshop clothing
The Oregonian - October 15, 2008 - Portland adopts sweatshop-free ordinance
Oregon Public Broadcasting News - October 15, 2008 - Portland City Council will consider taking more steps against sweatshop factories
The Oregonian - October 15, 2008 - Towards a Sweat Free Portland
KBOO (click to listen) - October 13, 2008 - Fighting sweatshops around the globe
San Antonio Express-News - October 6, 2008 - Citizen coalition fights to promote anti-sweatshop ordinance
La Prensa (San Antonio) - September 28, 2008 - Sweat freely
San Antonio Current - September 24, 2008 - Corporate responses to "Subsidizing Sweatshops" show we have a long way to go
CSR Wire - September 8, 2008 - Renew apparel laws, state urged
Daily Gazette (Schnectady, NY) - August 31, 2008 - Watching NY Sweatshops: Current Laws Soon Expire (listen)
WAMC - August 7, 2008 - Group presses Oregon to enact 'sweat-free' policy
Northwest Labor Press - August 1, 2008
- Activism: Local sweatshop protesters take the fight statewide
Pittsburgh City Paper - July 24, 2008 - Rocky denies sweatshop allegations
The Athens NEWS - July 17, 2008 - Ohio's suppliers deny staff abuse
The Columbus Dispatch - July 16, 2008 - Sweatshop workers call on Governors to follow Rendell’s lead
Weekly Press - July 16, 2008 - Activists lead teach-in about sweatshop labor
The Olympian - July 16, 2008 - Report: Maryland spends $8M a year on sweatshops
The Gazette - July 9, 2008 - Group tells Vt.: No sweat
Brattleboro Reformer - July 7, 2008 - Group rallys against sweatshop labor
Arab American News - July 4, 2008 - Rally links state to foreign sweatshops
Lansing State Journal - July 4, 2008 - Report: Bosses ordered workers to lie
The Daily Gazette - July 4, 2008 - Companies respond to sweatshop allegations
The Capital Times - July 3, 2008 - Group alleges labor abuse
Baltimore Sun - July 3, 2008 - Coalition of labor organizations urges Maryland to sever ties to sweatshops
The Examiner - July 3, 2008 - Groups urge Strickland's support of anti-sweatshop policy for state
The Daily Reporter - July 2, 2008 - Groups: State lax on sweatshops
Chicago Tribune - July 2, 2008 - State responds to report alleging sweatshop conditions
The Capital Times - July 2, 2008 - Rally against sweatshops at State Capitol
WLNS - July 2, 2008 - Labor, Human Rights Groups Callon Strickland to Drop Contracts with 'Sweatshops
Gongwer OhioReport - July 1, 2008 - Rally at Capitol denounces sweatshops
Lansing State Journal - July 1, 2008 - Wisconsin asks contractors to look into labor abuses
Associated Press - July 1, 2008 - New study shows Oregonian's tax dollars are supporting a sweatshop
Portland Mercury Blog - July 1, 2008
- State of Wisconsin admits police/fire uniforms come from sweatshops (listen)
WORT-FM Madison - July 1, 2008 - Milwaukee Pressured to Adopt Sweatshop Free Ordinance (listen)
Wisconsin Public Radio - July 1, 2008 - Campaign pushes for government procurement to be sweatshop-free
Hannah Report - July 1, 2008 - Group chides Ohio for link to sweatshop factories Associated Press - July 1, 2008
- Sweatshop Free Michigan
WLAJ-TV - July 1, 2008 - State DOA contacts vendors named in sweatshop report
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - July 1, 2008 - Group says uniforms come from sweatshops
United Press International - July 1, 2008 - Report: Lapses by governments may support sweatshops
Women's Wear Daily - July 1, 2008 - Group protests oppressive conditions in global factories at state Capitol
Detroit Free Press - July 1, 2008 - NY State contracts tied to sweatshops (listen)
WAMC / Northeast Public Radio -July 1, 2008 - State responds to report alleging sweatshop contracts Capitol Times - July 1, 2008
- Workers'Rights Group: IL Buys Uniforms Made In Sweatshops
Chicagoist - July 1, 2008 - Sweatshop cops?
Chicago Sun-Times - July 1, 2008 - N.Y. State contract tied to sweatshop labor, group charges
New York Daily News - July 1, 2008 - Report links Illinois to overseas 'sweatshops' (listen)
Chicago Public Radio - July 1, 2008 - Lucas County enacts anti-sweatshop policy
Daily Reporter (Ohio) - June 6, 2008 - County Council: Bill would strap guidelines on trade with foreign companies
Pittsburgh City Paper (Pennsylvania) - June 5, 2008 - No Lucas County Dollars to Sweatshop Labor Commissioner Ben Konop's Blog (Ohio) - June 4, 2008
- Lucas County Commissioners OK anti-sweatshop measure
Toledo Blade (Ohio) - June 4, 2008 - Sweatshop Protest in Toledo
Toledo Blade (Ohio) - June 3, 2008 - Inmate uniforms linked to sweatshops - watch the video! WNWO NBC24 (Ohio) - June 2, 2008
- Lucas Co. commissioners consider sweatshop policy
13abc.com (Ohio) - June 2, 2008 - Lucas County mulls policy on sweatshop labor
Toledo Blade (Ohio) - June 2, 2008 - Shadows On High: Blood Money at the Statehouse
ProgressOhio.org - May 23, 2008 - Governor inks CLEA bill
Brattleboro Reformer (Vermont)- April 29, 2008 - Group discuss alleged ills of Wal-Mart purchasing
Press & Guide (Michigan)- April 20, 2008 - Group focuses on working conditions
Kalamazoo Gazette (Michigan)-April 18, 2008 - Workers tell all: former sweatshop employee recounts experiences during tour stop
The Times-Reporter (Ohio)- April 10, 2008 - Sweatshop laborers back unions
Goshen News (Indiana)- April 7, 2008 - Senate OKs CLEA bill
Brattleboro Reformer (Vermont)- April 7, 2008 - Students want state uniforms made fairly
Brattleboro Reformer (Vermont)- April 4, 2008 - State panel OKs sweatshop ban bill
Rutland Herald (Vermont)- April 3, 2008 - Advocacy group withdraws sweatshop bill
Baltimore Sun (Maryland)- March 27, 2008 - 'Wheels' of democracy
Brattleboro Reformer (Vermont)- March 14, 2008 - Students lobby lawmakers on anti-sweatshop bill
Brattleboro Reformer (Vermont) - February 26, 2008 - Buying power: Will the State of Hawai'i finally stop buying clothes from sweatshops
Maui Time Weekly (Hawai'i) - February 7, 2008 - No public dollars for sweatshop goods
Paradise Post (California) - January 17, 2008 - San Francisco No Longer Sweat-free?
The Huffington Post (California) - November 1, 2007 - Editorial: Acting globally
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Wisconsin) - October 31, 2007 - President's Perspective: NYSUT's proud social justice agenda
New York Teacher (New York) - October 30, 2007 - Sweatshop stance too harsh?
The Examiner (California) - October 26, 2007 - Milwaukee Passes Sweat-Free Ordinance
Free Speech Radio News (Wisconsin) - October 25, 2007 - Gonna Make You Sweat-Free, Baby
Willamette Week (Oregon) - September 12, 2007 - City of Portland pledges to buy no sweatshop apparel
Northwest Labor Press (Oregon) - September 7, 2007 - Sweat-free measure passes without breaking a sweat / La medida sobre nohacer negocios con empresas donde explotan a los trabajadores paso sinuna gota de sudor
El Hispanic News (Oregon) - September 6, 2007 - 90 Percent Perspiration: Learning from SF's Sweat-Free Mistakes
The Portland Mercury (Oregon) - Sep 6 - Sep 12, 2007 - Made in the USA (or Honduras, or Mexico, or Vietnam...)
The Oregonian (Oregon) - September 5, 2007 - Sweat Surrender
Willamette Week (Oregon) - September 5, 2007 - Workers' rights matter in city: Portland takes important step with 'sweatfree' policy
Portland Tribune (Oregon) - September 4, 2007 - Aug. 29 meeting: When the mayor's away, the council will play
The Oregonian (Oregon) - August 30, 2007 - City Hall Notebook (no sweatshop deals)
The Oregonian (Oregon) - August 30, 2007 - Portland Approves Sweatshop-Free Resolution
Oregon Public Broadcasting (Oregon) - August 29, 2007 - Hall Monitor; Sweatfree Resolution Goes Before City Council This Morning; Labor Day Comes Early to Portland
The Portland Mercury (Oregon) - August 29, 2007 - 2 council resolutions dive into societal issues: Voting today - SamAdams' initiatives address contractor health care and city sweatshoppurchases
The Oregonian (Oregon) - August 29, 2007 - Breaking a sweat: What's taking San Francisco so long to implement its anti-sweat shop law?
San Francisco Bay Guardian (California) - August 29, 2007 - M&R: Racial politics marked BART board's search for new chief
San Francisco Chronicle (California) - August 26, 2007 - Sold Out: No Sweat Shopping
Portland Mercury (Oregon) - August 23-29, 2007 - Sweatfree Ad
Portland Mercury (Oregon) - August 16-22 - San Francisco Police Uniforms from Police State in Colombia?
The Huffington Post (California) - August 9, 2007 - Coalición espera bloquear a la ciudad de Portland de hacer negocios conempresas donde explotan a los trabajadores / Coalition hopes to blockthe City of Portland doing business with sweatshops
El Hispanic News (Oregon) - August 9, 2007 - Hall Monitor: Poo, Sweat, and Spit
Portland Mercury (Oregon) - August 9-15, 2007 - City's policy on sweatshops called failure by controller
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (Pennsylvania) - July 14, 2007 - Sweatfree communities: Supporting ethical labor practices
Flagstaff Live (Arizona) - July 12, 2007 - Cheatham: Austin leading the way to a sweatshop-free marketplace
Austin-American Statesman (Texas) - June 28, 2007 - Citizens concerned over plants' proximity
UT The Daily Texan (Texas) - June 22, 2007 - End Sweatshop Conditions
The Oregonian (Oregon) - June 19, 2007 - Austin looks to combat sweatshop labor
Austin American-Statesman (Texas) - June 19, 2007 - City considers no-sweatshop policy
The Mississauga News - June 15, 2007 - Editorial: Acting locally, changing lives globally in purchases
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - June 9, 2007 - Fair Play and Fair Pay: Pittsburgh Baseball Fans
Indy Kids - Summer 2007 - Arena jobs promised for minorities
Tribune-Review - May 30, 2007 - Bus shelter politics
The Examiner - May 24, 2007 - Above all, save jobs
Boston Herald - May 18, 2007 - Interview with Professor Robert J.S. Ross (click to listen)
Worcester: Academically Speaking, WTAG - May 9, 2007 - Tax Protest
KBOO - April 17, 2007 - Story on Portland Sweatfree Campaign (click to listen)
KEX 1190 FM - April 17, 2007 - The Three Certainties: Death, Taxes, And Complaining About Taxes
Oregon Public Broadcasting - April 17, 2007 - Sweat Free Campaign Still Pushing For Consortium
Portland Mercury - April 16, 2007 - No Sweat? Anti-Sweatshop Activists Losing Patience
Portland Mercury - April 12-18, 2007 - The problem isn't the raid, it's the sweatshop
Metro West News - March 27, 2007 - Employers of illegals are the real culprits
Worcester Telegram & Gazette - March 25, 2007 - Sweatfree rally encourages city to take the jump
The Portland Alliance - March 2007 - Marcha contra la explotacion de los trabajadores
El Centinela - March 16, 2007 - Government contractors shouldn't run sweatshops
Hampshire Gazette - March 13, 2007 - New Bedford sweatshop should prompt reforms
Springfield Republican - March 12, 2007 - Fair trade for all
Boston Herald - March 12, 2007 - Sweatshop conditions must end
South Coast Today - March 12, 2007 - Wear a 'Kosher Kippah' atop a guilt-free head
Jewish News Weekly - March 9, 2007 - Group plugs sweatshop-free kippot
Jewish Telegraphic Agency - March 2007 - Sweatshop-free kippot plugged
Washington Jewish Week - March 7, 2007 - 'Sweat free' purchasing
The Jewish Advocate - March 7, 2007 - Foxvog Slams Sweatshop Use
The Amherst Student - March 5, 2007 - Union members ask Portland to take anti-sweatshop action
Northwest Labor Press - March 2, 2007 - SweatFree Smith sponsors event about labor conditions in Central America
The Smith College Sophian - March 1, 2007 - Sweatshop workers and activists challenge Portland to pass "sweatfree" ordinance
The Asian Reporter - February 27, 2007 - Hall Monitor: Sweat Stains
Portland Mercury - February 22, 2007 - Worker-Rights Advocates Rally For Sweat Shop Ordinance
Oregon Public Broadcasting - February 22, 2007 - Rally Urges Portland to get the Sweat Out
El Hispanic News - February 22, 2007 - Rally for Workers Rights
Oregonian - February 20, 2007 - No More Sweat!!!
Willamette Week Online - February 18, 2007 - City joins with Allegheny County for purchasing
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - February 14, 2007 - City OKs joint purchasing with county
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - February 13, 2007 - Hunger Doesn't Wait
Inside Higher Ed - December 12, 2006
More media coverage of the Purdue Hunger Strike
More media coverage of the Designated Suppliers Program campaign - BUHS says: No sweat!
Brattleboro Reformer - November 22, 2006 - Elbeco Joins Coalition of States in Denouncing Sweatshop Manufacturing Practices
Elbeco (news release) - November 2, 2006 - Making Manitoba Sweat-Free
Manitoba CCPA - October 16, 2006 - University takes a stand against using sweatshops
CMU The Tartan Online - October 16, 2006 - Together for worker justice
Bangor Daily News - September 28, 2006 - St. Paul students spearhead sweatshop ban
WCCO - September 25, 2006 - Pa., N.J. join Maine's sweatshop initiative
Bangor Daily News - September 19, 2006 - State joins anti-sweatshop consortium
Central Penn Business Journal - September 18, 2006 - Labor and local sweat-free procurement initiatives
Bangor Daily News - August 22, 2006 - No sweat: Jewish camps pledge to buy sweatshop-free clothing
Jewish Telegraphic News - August 4, 2006 - Video clip of anti-sweatshop protest at All-Star Game
Pittsburgh Indymedia - July 2006 - Victory for the anti-sweat shop pirates
The Nation - July 2006 - Hey Duluth, are you ready to be sweatfree?
Labor World - July 12, 2006 - Pittsburgh rolls out red carpet for All-Stars
The Associated Press - July 11, 2006 - Letter: Write On...Hit a home run for justice
New Pittsburgh Courier - July 04, 2006 - Mayor Newsom swears in Sweatfree Procurement Advisory Group
San Francisco Sentinel - June 23, 2006 - Editorial: All-star effort / The Pirates should speak up about sweatshops
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - June 17, 2006 - Prompt payment makes history
Brattleboro Reformer - June 15, 2006 - Sweatshop foes plan All-Star protest
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - June 13, 2006 - Anti-sweatshop campaign is in fashion
Star Tribune - June 2, 2006 - Campus breakthrough on sweatshop labor
The Nation - June 2006 - Op-Ed: Sweatshop pact protects jobs, kids
Roanoke Times - June 1, 2006 - Just Garments: A worker-organized factory challenges sweatshops
Peacework Magazine - May 2006 - Board OKs CLEA, with conditions
Brattleboro Reformer - May 16, 2006 - BUHS is second high school in country to join WRC
iBrattleboro.com - May 16, 2006 - Maine's governor signs bill on state's purchasing policy
Free Speech Radio News - April 25, 2006 - Students intensify efforts for CLEA
Brattleboro Reformer - April 22, 2006 - Right to vote most important
Brattleboro Reformer - April 19, 2006 - Council agrees to develop anti-sweatshop measure
The Daily Californian - April 18, 2006 - Conferencia "Sweat Free"
La Prensa de Minnesota - April 15, 2006 - Sweat-free baseball campaign hoping to share all-star spotlight
Pittsburgh City Paper - April 13, 2006 - Labored response
Brattleboro Reformer - April 5, 2006 - Board stymies CLEA request
Brattleboro Reformer - April 4, 2006 - Triangle shirtwaist fire - then and now
CommonDreams.org - March 23, 2006 - Stained uniforms
Los Angeles Times - March 12, 2006 - Sweatshop policy gains clout; School board allies with workers group; Can monitor where uniforms are made
Toronto Star - February 10, 2006 - Proposal would beef up Maine's anti-sweatshop law (listen directly)
Maine Public Broadcasting Network - February 8, 2006 - Workers from Philippines, Nicaragua to testify on sweatshop bill
Associated Press - February 8, 2006 - Ending sweatshop labor
Bangor Daily News - February 6, 2006 - Sweatshops not ideal, but necessary
The Pitt News - February 2, 2006 - City urged to enforce its anti-sweatshop ordinance
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - February 1, 2006 - No sweat: Anti-sweatshop initiative touted in Providence
The Phoenix News - January 18, 2006 - Pittsburgh, Allegheny County plan to share purchasing
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - November 29, 2005 - Student campaigns against sweatshops
Amherst Bulletin - November 11, 2005 - San Francisco City Council is global good neighbor
International Relations Center - November 3, 2005 - Students learn about stopping sweatshops [pdf]
The Current - October 6, 2005 - Anti-sweatshop law soon in force in San Francisco
Fair wages, decent working conditions required for doing business with city
The Daily Review - September 21, 2005 - SF pledges to use purchasing power to produce sweatshop reform
Associated Press - September 14, 2005 - 'Sweat Free' Measure Headed To Mayor
ABC 7 News (San Francisco) - September 6, 2005 - Following Up: Ironing out sweatshop rules
The Portland Phoenix - September 2-8, 2005 - Sweatshop ordinance wins unanimous backing
San Francisco Examiner - August 17, 2005 - Sweatingslave labor: As state agents conduct sweeping raids, San Francisco ispoised to pass the country's strongest anti-sweatshop law
San Francisco Bay Guardian - August 10-16, 2005 - Key panel backs ban on sweatshop buys
San Francisco Chronicle - August 5, 2005 - S.F. close in on anti-sweatshop rules
San Francisco Examiner - August 5, 2005 - Sweatshop crackdown
San Francisco Chronicle - June 30, 2005 - Mayor Gavin Newsom and Supervisor Tom Ammiano introduce sweatshop free ordinance
American Chronicle - June 28, 2005 - Newsom backs sweatshop labor ban
Ordinance is part of plan to stop abuse of workers
San Francisco Chronicle - June 28, 2005 - Rev. Billy warns of rampant consumerism's eternal price
San Francisco Chronicle - June 4, 2005 - Week of Sweat urges factory reform
Topeka Capital-Journal - April 30, 2005 - Sports apparel protesters sweat the details
Pittsburgh City Paper - April 28, 2005 - Get city out of sweatshops
The Capitol Times - April 15, 2005 - A labor issue of love
Portland Press Herald (ME) - April 21, 2005 - Breakin' a sweat
LA City Beat - March 17, 2005 - No to overseas sweatshops
Letter to the Editor in Hartford Courant - March 16, 2005 - SweatFree Communities and Justice Clothing
CNN - March 15, 2005 - Students press for better working conditions for licensed apparel
Journal Inquirer - March 9, 2005 - Rallying for workers' rights
WTNH Channel 8 - March 8, 2005 - College students revive anti-sweatshop activism
Associated Press - March 7, 2005 - Standards proposed for school-apparel firms
Hartford Courant - March 4, 2005 - School board votes not to buy products made in sweatshops
The Argonaut - January 27, 2005 - No sweat
Portland Press Herald - May 10, 2004 - Dirty Clothes: Must the County do business with sweatshops?
Maui Time Weekly - December 30, 2004 - State probing union charge of sweatshop use
Bangor Daily News - April 1, 2004 - LAUSD adopts anti-sweatshop code
Los Angeles Times - March 25, 2004 - Los Angeles Unified School District adopts anti-sweatshop policy
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