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April
29, 2008
Bangladesh's State of Emergency and Its Impact
on Labour Rights Since the declaration
of a State of Emergency in Bangladesh in January
2007, emergency laws have been used to suppress
opposition to the government and the freedom
of speech, association, assembly and expression
of a wide variety of groups.
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April
29, 2008
Full Package Approach to Labour Codes of Conduct
Four major steps companies can take to ensure
their products are made under humane conditions
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April
11, 2008
Third anniversary Spectrum factory collapse
April 11 marks the third anniversary of the
Spectrum factory collapse in Bangladesh. The
collapse, of the factory, build on swamp and
not up to standard, killed 64 and injured
80, of which 54 seriously.
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April
9, 2008
Call on adidas to Improve its Performance
in Indonesia, Re-Employ Mistreated Workers
adidas must take action to address systemic
labour violations in Indonesia. It can begin
by making amends for the illegal and unfair
treatment of workers at PT Spotec and PT Dong
Joe who were left with nothing when the factories
abruptly closed.
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April
9, 2008
Reports from the different Clean Clothes Campaigns
and projects June 2007 - February 2008
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April
8, 2008
"Alternative" or "Ethical" Clothes
A number of initiatives selling clothes that
are calling themselves "ethical",
"alternative" or "fairly produced"
have sprung up following campaigns by the
international anti-sweatshop movement and
increased consumer interest in fair trade
and ethical shopping. These initiatives aim
to promote the idea of a more ethical clothing
industry and/or meet the demands of a rising
number of individual and institutional consumers
for "clean clothes".
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March
20, 2008
CCC Helps Launch Play Fair Alternative Olympic
Flame With the start of the official
Olympic Torch Relay for the Beijing Olympics
only a few days away, Play Fair 2008, today
launched "Catch
the Flame", an electronic relay
race to bring public attention to the need
for the Olympics movement to stamp out abuses
of labour standards in workplaces making Olympics
goods.
For more see:
Olympics:
Play Fair 2008 Launches Alternative Olympic Flame
www.catchtheflame.org
March
17, 2008
Tell Chinese Officials: Release Innocent Workers,
Bring Corrupt Owner to Justice Demand
the immediate and unconditional release of
the five workers who spontaneously and peacefully
walked with their fellow workers to report
the factory owner's crime and call on the
authorities for help.
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