Campaign Updates

10/24: News round-up and policy from landmark sweatfree victory in Portland, Oregon >>

10/16: SweatFree Ohio victory; Gov. Strickland signs sweatfree Executive Order >>

10/15: Portland adopts strong ordinance with Sweatfree Consortium commitment >>

9/18: NY Dept of Labor: State needs better tools to ensure sweatfree purchasing - consider joining Sweatfree Consortium >>

More updates >>

Featured Resources

11/11: What's the cost of a sweatfree policy? Here's a hand-out with the answers >>

10/10: Hot off the press! Sweatshop Solutions? Economic Ground Zero in Bangladesh and Wal-Mart's Responsibility >>

Subsidizing Sweatshops, a full-color report revealing severe human rights violations in factories that make public employee uniforms >>

Our reply to companies' responses to Subsidizing Sweatshops >>

In the News 

11/17: Argentine sweatshop fire brings immigrants' plight to fore | Latin-American Herald Tribune  >>

11/15: New York garment workers rally against Liberty Apparel sweatshop on Thursday >>

11/7: Portland passes first "sweatshop free" ordinance in Pacific NW >>

10/26: Labor activists, retailer clashing | Arkansas Democrat-Gazette >>

10/24: Uniforms from the sweatshop floor | The Cornell Daily Sun >>

10/24: City urged to join anti-sweatshop coalition | The Ithaca Journal >>

10/17: Clothing order makes sense | Ironton Tribune >>

10/16: Governor Prohibits Contracts with Sweatshops (Ohio) | Press Release >>

10/15: Portland approves rules banning sweatshop clothing | The Oregonian >>

10/15: Portland Adopts Sweatshop-Free Ordinance | OPB News >>

10/15: Portland City Council will consider taking more steps against sweatshop factories | The Oregonian >>

10/13: Towards a Sweat Free Portland | KBOO >>

10/13: Warren Buffet, Waltons, linked in sweatshop report | Huffington Post >>

10/10: Wal-Mart supplier accused of sweatshop conditions | BusinessWeek >>

10/6: Fighting sweatshops around the globe | San Antonio Express-News >>

9/28: Citizen coalition fights to promote anti-sweatshop ordinance | La Prensa, San Antonio >>

9/24: Sweat freely | San Antonio Current >>

Events

Host a community screening of Made in L.A. for International Human Rights Day >>

Made in L.A. Pacific Northwest Tour, Nov. 17-22 >>

Action Alerts

Act now: Tell Wal-Mart to stop sweatshop practices in Bangladesh >>

Quick Links

Holiday shopping? Check out our Shop with a Conscience Guide >> 

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State and Local Government Sweatfree Consortium >>