Each year the CCC takes action on dozens of urgent cases of workers' rights violations in the garment and sports shoe industries. This is one way that the CCC stimulates direct solidarity action by supporters throughout Europe to put pressure on brands and retailers.

To explain to workers' organisations how the CCC's urgent appeals system works, the campaign recently issued a brief brochure. It gives information on how the CCC decides which cases to take up - for example, only where it is clear that this is what the workers involved in the dispute want. Plus there is information on the actions that the CCC and supporters may take, and how this is coordinated. There is also advice on how to inform the CCC about a potential urgent appeals case.

At the moment this brochure is available in English though translation into other languages is expected. Copies are avail-able from the CCC Secretariat (info@cleanclothes.org) or can be downloaded from the CCC website: www.cleanclothes.org/ftp/UA_leaflet.pdf