URGENT: Fruit of the Loom Day of Action - 7th Aug
Rein in Fruit of the Loom Campaign | 06.08.2009 17:37 | Globalisation | Repression | Workers' Movements | Birmingham | World
We've already forced the company into negotiations with the union, which are taking place this Friday (7th August) in Washington DC
Students in the UK and USA are calling for a Transatlantic Day of Action to show support for workers getting their income and human rights back.
TAKE ACTION NOW!
One of the factory supervisors said: "the workers will starve because they got involved with a union"
Over 1,800 workers have now lost their jobs, leaving them and their families with no income and no rights.
Nearly 100 Universities in the UK, USA and Canada within the space of a few months have boycotted Russell and Fruit of the Loom, making it the biggest international garment boycott ever.
Sacked workers need your support NOW!
We've already forced the company into negotiations with the union, which are taking place this Friday (7th August) in Washington DC
Students in the UK and USA are calling for a Transatlantic Day of Action to show support for workers getting their income and human rights back.
TAKE ACTION NOW!
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WHAT YOU CAN DO:
1) Email Bombing:
Sign your name at the link below, press send, and flood Fruit of the Loom with emails of support on Friday.
http://www.unionvoice.org/campaign/fruitofdoom
2) Phone Blast:
Fill Fruit of the Loom’s phone line all day with a barrage of support for the workers.
Call (01952) 587123 and say 'I heard about the boycott of Fruit of the Loom and the Honduran worker negotiations today. I'm calling to say that I will be joining the boycott and getting my (school/workplace/university) to cut contracts unless the factory is reopened and the workers re-employed'
Or make up your own comment.
*Join the Facebook event page and invite all your friends:
http://www.facebook.com/n/?event.php&eid=116857951594&mid=e3a448G5e1c7595G6a679aG7
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