for sport without sweatshops:(anti)commonwealth games briefing :nosweat.org.uk
No Sweat in Manchester | 24.07.2002 13:29
No Sweat has four particular areas of concern as far as the Commonwealth Games are concerned. In this paper we provide examples of each of these aspects of the Games.
~ The sponsorship of the Games themselves;
~ The origin of official Commonwealth Games merchandise;
~ The failure of the Commonwealth Games authorities to take action to force the implementation of internationally recognised labour standards by their suppliers;
~ The use of the Games as an opportunity for the advertising and marketing of goods produced in sweatshops;
The briefing is attached here as a text file, or it can be downloaded from http://www.nosweat.org.uk/article.php?sid=220&mode=thread&order=0
See you in Manchester to protest against the Commonwealth Games' tainted links to sweatshop
producers on August 3rd. - meet 11.30am at All Saint's Park, Oxford Road. Events include Race to the Bottom, Throw Yer Job, For The High Jump... Benefit gig in the evening at Manchester Metropolitan Students' Uni (Oxford Road)
No Sweat in Manchester
e-mail:
manchester@nosweat.org.uk
Homepage:
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contact details for no sweat in manchester
24.07.2002 13:36
contact details for no sweat in manchester - application/rtf
Phone: 07951 741640
manchester@nosweat.org.uk
Manchester No Sweat
C/o 1 Cundiff Road
Chorlton Cum Hardy
Manchester M21 8FS
manchester@nosweat.org.uk
and if anyone knows any sympathetic journos who might be able to cover this please get in touch...
manchester no sweat
e-mail: manchester@nosweat.org.uk
Homepage: http://www.nosweat.org.uk