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Article

12 Aug 2009

Author:
Dana Weiler-Polak, Haaretz [Israel]

Boycott and demonstrations to attack chains marketing 'sweatshop clothes' [Israel]

Demonstrations and a consumer boycott are being organized in response to a Haaretz report detailing alleged sweatshop conditions at a clothing factory in Jordan that supplies such stores here as Irit, Bonita, Jump and Pashut… The National Labor Committee report was provided to Kav La'Oved, the Worker's Hotline for the Protection of Worker's Rights, which is organizing a demonstration in Tel Aviv on Sunday, to be held opposite the Azrieli Center, where the stores reportedly marketing clothing from Musa Garments have branches…MK Ilan Ghilon…of the Knesset Labor, Welfare and Health Committee, said ...“[I]mport permits should require provisions that deal with international labor laws so it will not be possible to import products manufactured at plants violating these laws."

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