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Article

7 Aug 2001

Author:
UNITE [Union of Needletrades, Industrial and Textile Employees]

First-of-its-kind international anti-sweatshop coalition launches new campaign demanding retailer responsibility for global sweatshop crisis

A first-of-its-kind international anti-sweatshop coalition - comprised of labor organizations, religious leaders and civil rights groups from the United States, Canada, Mexico, Thailand, Nicaragua, Hong Kong, Guatemala, Honduras and the Dominican Republic - today announced the launch of a major new campaign to hold retailers responsible for the conditions under which the clothing they sell is produced.