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Tuesday, 11 December 2007
Friday, 2 November 2007
Gap
Recycle Gap clothes
Although I am disgusted at the fact that yet another high street store has proved the pressure for increasing profits has ensured the wage enslavement of children (The Herald, October 29) I am annoyed that it has proposed destruction of the garments produced.
Rather than wasting these clothes and adding to the carbons in our air through the use of incinerators, would it not be a better idea for Gap to consult with a children's charity and for the clothes to be distributed among those who need them?
We are failing the children of the world by our push for profits and cheap, throwaway goods. All of the legislation in the land will not protect children unless real sanctions are applied to companies that use vendors who are not properly investigated using standard criteria. Scottish hotels and other businesses would not employ foreign nationals without certain checks. Western corporations should not be allowed to exploit the child poverty in developing countries and, if they have been proven to be lax, should have stiff financial penalties imposed.
http://www.theherald.co.uk/features/letters/display.var.1794819.0.recycle_gap_clothes.php
Although I am disgusted at the fact that yet another high street store has proved the pressure for increasing profits has ensured the wage enslavement of children (The Herald, October 29) I am annoyed that it has proposed destruction of the garments produced.
Rather than wasting these clothes and adding to the carbons in our air through the use of incinerators, would it not be a better idea for Gap to consult with a children's charity and for the clothes to be distributed among those who need them?
We are failing the children of the world by our push for profits and cheap, throwaway goods. All of the legislation in the land will not protect children unless real sanctions are applied to companies that use vendors who are not properly investigated using standard criteria. Scottish hotels and other businesses would not employ foreign nationals without certain checks. Western corporations should not be allowed to exploit the child poverty in developing countries and, if they have been proven to be lax, should have stiff financial penalties imposed.
http://www.theherald.co.uk/features/letters/display.var.1794819.0.recycle_gap_clothes.php
Friday, 12 October 2007
Independent on Sunday: 30 September 2007
Corporate Social Responsibility
Black gold turns grey as Western giants prepare to draw from the wells
http://www.nosweat.org.uk/node/613
Black gold turns grey as Western giants prepare to draw from the wells
http://www.nosweat.org.uk/node/613
Friday, 5 October 2007
No Sweat Annual Conference
No Sweat Annual Conference
Start: 01/12/2007 - 11:30am
End: 02/12/2007 - 3:00pm
It's time again for the annual gathering. This year, there will be the following sessions:
Red Politics or Product Red? - How to Take on Exploitation (Discussion)
Taking on Water Privatisation and Child Labour in India (Slideshow and talk by Richard Whittle, author and activist)
China the Olympics and Human and Workers Rights (Discussion with TUC, Amnesty International & Playfair)
Christmas High Street Campaigning (Ideas and planning with No Sweat & Labour Behind the Label)
London Olympics and Workers' Rights (UNITE construction worker activist speaks)
Migrant Workers Speak (GMB & UNITE migrant worker activists tell their story)
Iran on the Brink (Discussion - Iranian activists share their perspectives)
The Corporate Plunder of Iraq (Film and discussion with Iraqi trade unionist and anti privatisation activist)
Black Gold (Film showing and discussion)
http://www.nosweat.org.uk/files/No%20Sweat%20Flyer.pdf
Start: 01/12/2007 - 11:30am
End: 02/12/2007 - 3:00pm
It's time again for the annual gathering. This year, there will be the following sessions:
Red Politics or Product Red? - How to Take on Exploitation (Discussion)
Taking on Water Privatisation and Child Labour in India (Slideshow and talk by Richard Whittle, author and activist)
China the Olympics and Human and Workers Rights (Discussion with TUC, Amnesty International & Playfair)
Christmas High Street Campaigning (Ideas and planning with No Sweat & Labour Behind the Label)
London Olympics and Workers' Rights (UNITE construction worker activist speaks)
Migrant Workers Speak (GMB & UNITE migrant worker activists tell their story)
Iran on the Brink (Discussion - Iranian activists share their perspectives)
The Corporate Plunder of Iraq (Film and discussion with Iraqi trade unionist and anti privatisation activist)
Black Gold (Film showing and discussion)
http://www.nosweat.org.uk/files/No%20Sweat%20Flyer.pdf
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