From: Sweatshop Watch (sweatinfo@sweatshopwatch.org)
Date: Mon Sep 23 2002 - 21:37:32 EDT
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1. Los Angeles sweatshop workers kick off National Boycott Forever 21 Tour
2. Public hearings on the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA)
---Los Angeles sweatshop workers kick off National Boycott Forever 21 Tour
DON¹T LET FOREVER 21 FOREVER USE SWEATSHOP LABOR!
Did you know??? Forever 21¹s trendy lace tops, sexy denim skirts, and cute clubbing outfits were made with SWEATSHOP LABOR!!!
Did you also know that you can play an important part in the fight to win justice for garment workers and help stop sweatshops?
Take action! Join the National Boycott Against Forever 21!!
Los Angeles garment workers who sewed the Forever 21 label under sweatshop conditions are leading a boycott against the popular retailer of young women¹s clothing. With the Garment Worker Center, the workers will be on a National Tour to promote the boycott. They need your support to win their campaign for justice!
show your support € educate yourself & others € end sweatshop labor
€ October 4-6: San Francisco, CA (see event details below) € October 9: Amherst, MA € October 10-12: New York, NY € October 27-29: San Antonio and Austin, TX € October 31 November 1: Miami, FL € To be announced in November: Washington, DC
To help organize an action or event in your town, contact the Garment Worker Center at 213-748-5866, gwc@sweatshopwatch.org, www.sweatshopwatch.org/gwc. Tour details will be posted on the web site soon.
Saturday, October 5, 12:00 noon: Demonstration, Serramonte Mall, Daly City Meet at the corner of Serramonte Blvd. & Gellert, near the Wells Fargo Bank. Join the workers, hand out information to shoppers about the Forever 21 Boycott, make noise and help stop sweatshops.
Saturday, October 5, 5:00 pm: Community Forum, San Francisco at the Center for Political Education, 522 Valencia Street, near 16th St. BART Meet Latino garment workers from Los Angeles¹ Garment Worker Center and Chinese immigrant garment workers from San Francisco¹s Chinese Workers Organizing Center. Learn more about the national Forever 21 Boycott & about the local Campaign for Justice for the Wins Garment Workers.
For more information on these San Francisco events, contact Sweatshop Watch: 510-834-8990, sweatinfo@sweatshopwatch.org, www.sweatshopwatch.org.
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Public hearings on the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA)
Save your Job, Save the environment, Say no to the FTAA
The government refuses to hold public hearings for community members to voice their concerns, so we¹re taking the initiative!
The FTAA is a proposed trade agreement that would extend the disaster of NAFTA throughout the hemisphere. The FTAA would link the entire western hemisphere in a huge trading block, with serious implications for generations to come, yet the US Trade Representative conducts secret negotiating sessions and refuses to open a public debate on this decisive issue.
The FTAA: -Threatens worker rights -Threatens the environment -Undermines democracy -How we can create a better world
Come learn about: -How free trade affects your community -How free trade affects developing countries -How free trade affects women
Come hear testimony from: - Herlinda Lucila Hernandez Matos, Displaced Colombian Union organizer - Fela Contreras, former Mexican maquila worker - Lisa Hoyos, Director, California Fair Trade Campaign - local immigrant workers and others
In Los Angeles: When: Tuesday, October 1, 7:00 pm Where: 2936 W. 8th St. (1/2 blk east of Vermont) For more information: (323) 658-6846 or (323) 852-0721 This Public Hearing is sponsored by: Southern California Fair Trade Network, CISPES, Action L.A., National Lawyers Guild Project HEED, Sweatshop Watch, California Fair Trade Campaign, Public Citizen
In Oakland: When: Tuesday, October 8, 2002, 6:00 pm Where: First Unitarian Church (685 14th St. Oakland) Contact: Jessica Marques, 415/621-8100 This Public Hearing is Sponsored by: The Alliance for Responsible Trade, the Mexico Solidarity Network, Global Exchange, UC Berkeley Center for Labor Research and Education, Sweatshop Watch, Applied Research Center, California Fair Trade Campaign, Public Citizen, Casa Bonampak, San Francisco Day Laborers Program
To schedule a public hearing or workshop in your area, please contact msn@mexicosolidarity.org or 773-583-7728, www.peoplesconsultation.org.
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