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Media Releases
- 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
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