Media Releases

•  Vermont becomes seventh sweatfree state
SweatFree Communities & Child Labor Education and Action (CLEA)- April 28, 2008

•  Olympic sponsors shamed by new report on working conditions
Play Fair 2008- April 21, 2008

•  Pirates Claim "Not to Know" About Sweatshop Working Conditions; Allegheny County Requires Greater Disclosure
Pittsburgh Anti-Sweatshop Community Alliance- April 17, 2008 

•  Sweatshop activists make pitch to Allegheny County Airport Authority
Pittsburgh Anti-Sweatshop Community Alliance- April 11, 2008

• Human rights activists protest sweatshop labor behind Olympic goods
SweatFree Communities, Global Exchange & United Students Against Sweatshops- April 8, 2008

• Wal-Mart, States Must Stop Sweatshop Abuses, Say Workers from Costa Rica and Cambodia to Ohio and Michigan Residents
SweatFree Communities & International Labor Rights Forum - April 8, 2008  

• Anti-Sweatshop Campaign Calls on Oregon to Pass "Sweatfree" Bill
Sweatfree Northwest - April 1, 2008 

• Rocky Shoes sweatshop abuses shed light on failed trade model amid primary contest
SweatFree Communities - February 28, 2008 

• Illegally Detained Investigator Released: Investigation of Pirates Apparel in Bangladesh Continues
Pittsburgh Anti-Sweatshop Community Alliance - February 4, 2008

• SweatFree Communities Grows: New Organizer to Focus on Sweatfree Consortium Campaign
SweatFree Communities - January 7, 2008

• Which Companies Have Been Naughty Vs. Nice?
SweatFree Communities, Sweatshop Watch, International Labor Rights Forum – November 19, 2007

• Gap Child Labor Revelations – Wake Up Call for the Industry
SweatFree Communities & International Labor Rights Forum – October 31, 2007

• Sweatfree San Francisco? I don't think so. Corporations continue to drive policy in San Francisco while ignoring labor rights around the world
Tom Hayden & Valerie Orth – August 20, 2007

• Wake-Up Wal-Mart and the Portland Sweatfree Campaign Team Up to Advocate for Labor-Friendly Use of Taxes
Portland Sweatfree Campaign – April 17, 2007

• Sweatshop Workers Call on Portland to Pass "Sweatfree" Bill
Portland Sweatfree Campaign – February 19, 2007

• Portland Buying Goods from Companies that Use Sweatshops
Portland Sweatfree Campaign – February 1, 2007

• Governor Baldacci Leads Anti-Sweatshop Movement Among States
Maine Office of the Governor – September 18, 2006

• Governor Rendell Announces Coalition of States Against Sweatshop Labor; Encourages Nation's Governors to Sign-On
Pennsylvania Office of the Governor – September 16, 2006

• Governor Rendell joins national anti-sweatshop initiative
SweatFree Communities – September 16, 2006

• Governor Corzine joins national anti-sweatshop initiative
SweatFree Communities – September 13, 2006

• City of Toronto passes anti-sweatshop purchasing policy
Maquila Solidarity Network – April 25, 2006

• International conference promotes state, city collaboration to advance justice for sweatshop workers
worker rights advocates from four continents gather in Minneapolis
SweatFree Communities – April 12, 2006

• Legislature passes anti-sweatshop bill; Bangladesh fire brought home importance of bill
Maine Clean Clothes Alliance – March 29, 2006

• Maine governor launches national anti-sweatshop initiative; All governors invited to join coalition to stop tax subsidies of sweatshops
SweatFree Communities – February 28, 2006

• Sweat-free shopping gains momentum
SweatFree Communities – November 23, 2005

• Madison goes sweat-free, unanimously
City's adoption of purchasing policy means tax dollars won't subsidize sweatshops
Madison, Wisconsin – October 12, 2005

• Legislators and activists rally in support of SB 1148; say “no more tax dollars for sweatshop goods”
No Sweat Connecticut – May 23, 2005

• Annual conference: Anti-sweatshop activists from North and Central America convene in Denver to promote sweatshop-free purchasing
SweatFree Communities – May 4, 2005

• Media event: Anti-sweatshop activists convene in Denver to promote sweatshop-free purchasing and oppose the Central American Free Trade Agreement
SweatFree Communities – May 4, 2005

• Nicaraguan woman speaks out against sweatshop abuses
SweatFree Communities – March 14, 2005

• Los Angeles council passes anti-sweatshop ordinance
No More Sweatshops – Nov 9, 2004

• Activists to wear “clean clothes or nothing” in first-ever national “sweatfree” conference in Albany NY
SweatFree Communities – May 12, 2004

• Augusta Mental Health Institute uniforms being manufactured in Haitian sweatshop, in violation of Maine code of conduct
SweatFree Communities – March 30, 2004