From: Nikki F. Bas, Sweatshop Watch (nbas@sweatshopwatch.org)
Date: Mon Mar 25 2002 - 12:49:59 EST
From: "J. Ballinger" <jeffreyd@mindspring.com>
Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2002 11:29:18 -0500
Subject: No Sweat Apparel
Getting serious about fighting sweatshops must include OFFERING
ALTERNATIVES. To date, "responsible shopping" lists have offered pretty
poor choices, to say the least. Please take a few seconds to look at our
new effort.
We're trying to gauge the level of support we can expect from the
progressive community for our anti-sweatshop initiative before we begin
production. What we're doing is pretty simple--providing a
living wage to union producers here and in the developing world, a
competitive product for consumers and a reasonable return for investors. We
can do all that if we don't have to advertise. That's the big if. Will the
community spread the word about a for-profit venture? On the plus side, we
don't compete with the existing non-profits for scarce resources and
attention!
Thanks for your time,
Jeff Ballinger (Director, Press for Change)
(and)
Adam Neiman
Bienestar International
Manufacturers of No Sweat Apparel
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