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Sheffield Top Shop No Sweat Protest

Chris | 17.12.2005 18:30 | Globalisation | Social Struggles | Workers' Movements | Sheffield

No Sweat protested outside Top Shop in Sheffield on Saturday 17th December 2005.

Topshop protest
Topshop protest

139 workers sacked
139 workers sacked

No Sweat stall
No Sweat stall

Top Shop attacks workers rights
Top Shop attacks workers rights

Will Greench steal Christmas?
Will Greench steal Christmas?

Top Shop protest
Top Shop protest

Top Shop protest
Top Shop protest


Philip Green gave himself £1.2 billion while the workers that produce the goods for his shops are paid a pitance and work in terrible conditions.

Chris

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No Sweat Sheffield

21.12.2005 17:23

No Sweat activists in Sheffield, with the help of members of the Independent Socialist Youth Forum, organised a protest outside Topshop on Fargate to highlight sweatshop labour and support the day of action against Arcadia (including Topshop). Sweatshop workers have been making clothes for Arcadia - while Philip Green, owner of Arcadia recently gave himself a £1.2billion pay-off!

In May 2004, over 1000 workers at the Fortune Garments factory in Cambodia signed a petition requesting a pay increase. Their request was denied and the workers went on strike. The ensuing dispute has yet to be fully resolved 18 months later. Meanwhile, 19 union leaders and 120 union members were dismissed, and the threat of legal action used against some union activists.

Arcadia's attitude has been to ignore these violations, even though they are a clear violation of the rights to freedom of association and collective bargaining enshrined in Arcadia’s own code of conduct as well as in internationally recognised standards.

Many passers-by stopped to chat and to sign our petition to reinstate the union activists, especially when the overzealous store manager called town centre security - who soon realised we were exercising our legitimate right to protest.

Arcadia are just one of a large number of high street stores selling clothing and other products made by sweatshop workers. For more information, and to get involved with No Sweat, visit  http://www.nosweat.org/ or e-mail  sheffield@nosweat.org.uk

More information from Label Behind the Label:  http://www.labourbehindthelabel.org/campaigning/arcadia.htm

No Sweat
mail e-mail: sheffield@nosweat.org
- Homepage: http://www.nosweat.org.uk/


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