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.  

• 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 Capitol Times - July 2, 2008
  
• Rally against sweatshops at State Capitol
  WLNS - July 2, 2008
  
• Labor, Human Rights Groups Call on Strickland to Drop Contracts with 'Sweatshops
  Gongwer Ohio Report - 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 no hacer negocios con empresas donde explotan a los trabajadores paso sin una 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 - Sam Adams' initiatives address contractor health care and city sweatshop purchases
  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 con empresas donde explotan a los trabajadores / Coalition hopes to block the 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
•  Sweating slave labor: As state agents conduct sweeping raids, San Francisco is poised 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
  Associated Press - March 24, 2004
•  Sweat-free school purchasing resolutions: a new trend?
  CorpWatch - February 6, 2003
  

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Other anti-sweatshop news collections

•  Sweatshops in the News - compiled by SweatFree Communities
  
•  BehindTheLabel.org - a multimedia news website covering the stories of people fighting for fundamental human and labor rights against the goliath global clothing industry. An initiative of UNITE HERE.
•  United Students Against Sweatshops Press Room - media coverage generated by the student anti-sweatshop movement and other related articles.

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