Sweat Free Michigan campaign calls on the governor

December 10, 2008 WLNS TV 6 (Lansing, Michigan)

A human rights group is asking the governor to end what they call tax dollar support of sweat-shops over seas. The Sweat Free Michigan campaign delivered hundreds of postcards to the capitol Wednesday. The post cards were signed by citizens from across the state all calling for the end of support of sweat-shops in countries like China and Tibet.

The group is calling on the governor to work with other state and local governments to support human rights.

Rep. Fred Miller, 31st district, Macomb County: "by issuing an executive order pursuing legislation, which we intend to do, to make sure that tax-payer dollars are not going towards subsidizing these sweatshops, these unethical labor practices, is an important first step."

The group also thanked the governor for standing up for workers rights in the past citing her No Worker Left Behind program that is designed to retrain displaced workers.