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In this section we compile pressreleases and news articles from our network: items involving the CCCnetwork across Europe, our partners in producer countries, or with aparticular international relevance. For news from national CCCs, pleasevisit their own websites,read the Activityreports on the About Us page or see the 'News from the CCCs'sections of our international newsletters, also listed here.Okt 7,2008Vacancy: International Campaign CoordinatorThe CCC seeks a talented International Campaign Coordinator to join our dynamic campaign team at our International Secretariat in Amsterdam.
Readmore >>Sept 23,2008 Triumph International Union Leader and Thai Labour Activist to Tour Europe to Press for Workers' RightsCCC PRESS RELEASE
Readmore >>July 3,2008LEADINGSPORTS BRANDS, UNIONS, NGOs FORM WORKING GROUP Play Fair2008 Pressrelease: A month before the start of the Beijing Olympics keysporting goods brands including Nike, adidas, New Balance, Umbro andSpeedo are forming a ground breaking joint working group with tradeunions and NGOs to explore amongst other issues how to promote tradeunionism and collective bargaining as well as improving wages acrossthe sector. The joint group is charged with determining how toprioritise and incentivise union organisation, collective bargainingand social dialogue. It will seek to establish a better understandingof how business is done including on manufacturing systems; costings;productivity; and information required for effective contractbargaining and dialogue. Approaches to contract labour, closureprocedures and training for managers and workers will also bedeveloped.
Readmore >>CCC Calls on Primark to Take Positive Actionfor Home Workers and ChildrenTheUK Clean Clothes Campaign, Labour Behind the Label, is calling onPrimark to reverse its decision to cut and run from three Indiansuppliers. A BBC Panorama investigation on June has uncovered thewidespread use of subcontracting in the manufacture of embroideredgoods, including the employment of home workers under extremely badconditions and possible instances of child labour.
To learn more and to take action http://www.labourbehindthelabel.org/campaigns/urgent/primark April 29, 2008 Bangladesh's State of Emergency and ItsImpact on Labour Rights Since the declaration of a Stateof Emergency in Bangladesh in January 2007, emergency laws have beenused to suppress opposition to the government and the freedom ofspeech, association, assembly and expression of a wide variety ofgroups.
Readmore >> March 11, 2008 Third anniversary Spectrum factory collapseApril 11 marks the third anniversary of the Spectrum factory collapsein Bangladesh. The collapse, of the factory, build on swamp and not upto standard, killed 64 and injured 80, of which 54 seriously.
Readmore >> March 20, 2008 Play Fair launches Alternative Olympic FlameWith the start of the official Olympic Torch Relay for the BeijingOlympics only a few days away, Play Fair 2008, today launched "Catch the Flame", an electronicrelay race to bring public attention to the need for the Olympicsmovement to stamp out abuses of labour standards in workplaces makingOlympics goods.
For more see:
Olympics: Play Fair 2008 Launches Alternative Olympic Flame
www.catchtheflame.org March 8, 2008 Challenging the power of retailers in EuropeThe CCC is part of an initiative to raise more awareness about theexcessive power of retailers in Europe, and to stir the EuropeanParliament and Commission into action to curb it.
Readmore >> Jan 30, 2008 Clean Clothes Campaign Calls for ImmediateRelease of Labor InvestigatorCCC Press release
Readmore >> Jan 29, 2008 UPDATE ON FFI CAMPAIGN: CASE HAS BEEN CLOSEDAtthe beginning of 2008, Clean Clothes Campaign and India Committee ofthe Netherlands (CCC and ICN), and Fiber & FabricsInternational along with its subsidiary Jeans Knit Private Limited(FFI/JKPL), have resolved their differences as to labour conditions atthe Indian clothing production facilities of FFI/JKPL. In consultationwith local organisations and unions in Bangalore, an Ombudsperson inBangalore will be appointed to resolve future problems. Shouldemployees, local organisations, CCC or ICN have any complaintsconcerning labour conditions, they can submit these to theOmbudsperson, who will attempt to resolve them. Employees will be freeto organise themselves in a union of their choice. On the basis of thisagreement, CCC and ICN are confident that any violations of labourrights will be reported in a timely fashion and will be resolved in acorrect manner. Parties therefore no longer require the courts toprovide judgement on the difference of opinion as to the allegationsput forward by local Indian organisations, and disputed by FFI/JKPL, asto events lying in the past (2005/2006). Therefore, the Indian companywithdraws all legal proceedings, and CCC and ICN bring to an end allcampaigns against FFI/JKPL and the Dutch jeans brand G-Star. CCC andICN applaud the fact that G-Star, as the most important former clientof FFI/JKPL restores their commercial relationship with FFI/JKPL." Read more >>Jan 22, 2008 Clean Clothes Campaign Calls for Justice onAnniversary of Labor Leader's MurderCCC Press release
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