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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
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