Media Releases

• At least 28 more garment workers die in Bangladesh factory fire
  ILRF, CCC, WRC and MSN - December 14, 2010
  
• Government Purchasing Bill to Boost Manufacturing with Good Working Conditions
  SweatFree Communities- September 30, 2010
• International Workers Rights Caucus Urges Companies to Protest Anti-Worker Activities in Bangladesh
  111th U.S. Congress - September 1, 2010
  
• Call to cease repression of workers who make clothing for Wal-Mart, Gap, H&M, and others
  International Labor Rights Forum, Maquila Solidarity Network, Clean Clothes Campaign, Worker Rights Consortium - August 5, 2010
• Seattle to begin using sweatfree uniform purchasing policy
  Councilmember Nick Licata, Seattle - June 29, 2010
  
• On the one-year anniversary of the coup, Honduran social movement announces general strike
  SweatFree Communities - June 28, 2010
  
• Report exposes poor working conditions at government contractors; New York State to rein in sweatshop suppliers | SweatFree Communities
  SweatFree Communities - December 12, 2009
  
• Good v. Bad Companies: 2010 Shopping Guide
  SweatFree Communities & ILRF - November 17, 2009
• Berkeley City Council unanimously passes sweatfree procurement ordinance
  Berkeley Sweatfree Campaign - June 24, 2009
  
• City of Ashland set to adopt sweatshop-free procurement policy
  Southern Oregon Jobs with Justice - June 15, 2009 
• U.S.tax dollars still spent in sweatshops
  SweatFree Communities - April 15, 2009
• Common Council approves anti-sweatshop measure as sweatshop workers from Honduras and Puerto Rico visit Milwaukee
  SweatFree Communities - March 25, 2009
• Amid economic crisis, Michigan leaders celebrate Human Rights Day, call on Governor to end tax support for sweatshops
  SweatFree Communities - December 10, 2008
• Shop with a conscience over the holidays
  SweatFree Communities - November 26, 2008
• Student athletes, governor tackle sweatshops
  SweatFree Communities - November 26, 2008
  
• Governor prohibits contracts with sweatshops (Ohio)
  SweatFree Communities - October 16, 2008
  
• New study exposes failure in Wal-Mart's auditing program, finds sweatshop conditions in Bangladesh factory
  SweatFree Communities - October 10, 2008
• Sweatshop workers call on Governors to follow Rendell’s lead in historic sweatfree commitment during National Governors’ Association meeting
  SweatFree Communities - July 12, 2008
• Governor Rendell signs declaration against government spending on sweatshop goods
  Governor Rendell - July 11, 2008
  
• Tax dollars fund sweatshops, new study says
  SweatFree Communities - July 1, 2008
  
• Lucas County approves historic Sweatshop-Free policy, paves way for Governor to follow suit
  SweatFree Communities - June 4, 2008 
•   Ohio county to vote on historic Sweatshop-Free policy SweatFree Communities- June 2, 2008
  
•   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