From: ssarkar@nlcnet.org
Date: Thu Mar 14 2002 - 10:05:16 EST
>From: LabourStart News <ericlee@labourstart.org>
>Subject: Sweatshop-produced t-shirts? Just say no
>
>In this week's mailing --
>
>* Ethical Threads - just say "no" to sweatshop-produced T-shirts
>
>* Protest trade union murders in Colombia
>
>* New website tells workers how to "Enron-proof" their pensions
>
>* LabourStart goes "Google"
>
>***
>
>LABOUR WEBSITE OF THE WEEK: ETHICAL THREADS
>
>Is that t-shirt you're wearing made by sweatshop labour? Chances are that
the answer is yes. But it doesn't have to be that way. An extraordinary
initiative by the south London based Battersea and Wandsworth Trades
Council called "Ethical Threads" was launched last week and it aims to
offer clothing made by unionized workers from countries like Nicaragua,
Bangladesh and Britain. For more details, read our review on the front
page of LabourStart ( http://www.labourstart.org ) or check out the Ethical
Threads website ( http://www.ethicalthreads.co.uk/ ).
>
>***
>
>COLOMBIA: PROTEST TRADE UNION MURDERS
>
>The International Union of Food, Agricultural, Hotel, Restaurant,
Catering, Tobacco and Allied Workers’ Associations (IUF) is calling for an
international protest following the assassinations of Juan
>Montiel and Emilio Villeras, two banana workers who were members of the
local leadership of the IUF's Colombian affiliate, SINTRAINAGRO.
>For more information and the text of the IUF's protest to Colombia's
Presdient Pastrana click here:
>
>http://www.iuf.org.uk/cgi-bin/dbman/db.cgi?db=default&uid=default&ID=219&vi
ew_records=1&ww=1&en=1
>
>***
>
>USA: NO MORE ENRONS!
>
>The AFL-CIO has created an online resource, located here:
>
>http://www.aflcio.org/enron/index.htm
>
>It looks incredibly useful, including concrete, practical advice for all
workers on how to "Enron-proof" their retirement savings.
>
>***
>
>MIDDLE EAST: UNIONS SPEAK OUT AGAINST VIOLENCE, CALL FOR RETURN TO
NEGOTIATIONS
>
>The International Confederation of Free Trade Unions has once again spoken
out with a clear message calling for both sides -- the Israelis and
Palestinians -- to halt the violence and return to the negotiating table.
Their statement is here:
>
>http://www.icftu.org/displaydocument.asp?Language=EN&Index=991214869
>
>***
>
>LABOURSTART GOES "GOOGLE"
>
>If you've been to the popular Google search engine ( http://www.google.com
) lately, you may have noticed that when you search on certain terms such
as "trade unions" you'll spot a discrete advertisement for LabourStart on
the upper right corner of the page. This is our most ambitious advertising
campaign to date and is proving to be an extremely low-cost way of
informing thousands of trade unionists (or to be precise, 28,612 in the
last 6 days) of our existence.
>
>Unfortunately, this advertising -- while inexpensive -- is not free. If
you or your union would like to help us finance this and other initiatives,
please do use the 'Donate' button on the upper left corner of our front page.
>
>***
>
>There will be no Labour Website of the Week nor another mailing to the
list until Thursday, 4 April.
>
>We wish all of our readers a happy Easter and Passover holiday.
>
>Eric Lee
>
>
>
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