Media Releases

• 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