2 SweatFree Events this week-You Don’t Want to Miss

Jul 26, 2011 | Event, Fair Trade

Trade Justice Happy Hour with Cambodian Labor Organizers
Wednesday, July 27th
5-7pm (program starts at 6pm)
Arctic Hotel
700 3rd Ave, Seattle


Come hear labor organizers from the Coalition of Cambodia Apparel Workers Democratic Union (CCAWDU), National Independent Federation Textile Union of Cambodia (NIFTUC), Cambodian Women Movement’s Organization and other sectors organizing to promote higher labor standards throughout Cambodia.

Learn how SweatFree Purchasing Policies in cities and states in the US including Seattle
are supporting their efforts.

Come share the campaigns that you are working on with these inspiring activists from Cambodia all while supporting the newly unionized Arctic Hotel!

Organized by the Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance (APALA), Solidarity Center AFL-CIO, Teamsters 117 and the Washington Fair Trade Coalition.



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Closing the Loop on the Global Apparel Supply Chain
Cambodian Labor Activists join members of Seattle City Council and WA State Legislature to call for Washington State to pass a SweatFree Purchasing Policy

What: The Coalition of Cambodia Apparel Workers Democratic Union and the National Independent Federation Textile Union of Cambodia, representing over 80,000, mostly women, apparel workers are coming to Seattle to share their fight for a living wage. A fight which brought hundreds of thousands of workers to the streets of Cambodia within the last year.


The City of Seattle in the last year passed a SweatFree Purchasing policy in solidarity with these workers and apparel workers worldwide who continue to labor in sweatshops making clothing for the US marketplace. Next year the WA State Legislature will move forward on a State-wide SweatFree Purchasing Policy-to insure that WA State tax dollars are supporting workers rights wherever we do business.

This is an opportunity for producers and consumers to create a humane supply chain that benefits everyone
with high working standards and living wages.

When: 12pm Noon, Thursday, July 28th 2011
Where: Seattle City Hall, 600 4th Ave, Seattle (inside lobby)
Who: Confirmed Speakers: Seattle Councilmember Nick Licata, WA State Senator Steve Conway, Ath Thorn, Coalition of Cambodia Apparel Workers Democratic Union (CCAWDU), Ms Morm Nhim, National Independent Federation Textile Union of Cambodia (NIFTUC), Phouk Hoeung, Cambodian Women Movement’s Organization.
Invited speakers: WA Rep. Bob Hasegawa, Seattle Councilmember Tom Rassmussen
Join the Washington Fair Trade Coalition/SweatFree WA Campaign, Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance (APALA), Solidarity Center AFL-CIO, and Teamsters 117
Visuals: Cambodian delegation in Seattle City Hall-solidarity in the global apparel supply chain from producers to consumers. Signs calling for WA State to pass a SweatFree Purchasing Policy.

2 SweatFree Events this week-You Don’t Want to Miss

Jul 26, 2011 | Event, Fair Trade

Trade Justice Happy Hour with Cambodian Labor Organizers
Wednesday, July 27th
5-7pm (program starts at 6pm)
Arctic Hotel
700 3rd Ave, Seattle


Come hear labor organizers from the Coalition of Cambodia Apparel Workers Democratic Union (CCAWDU), National Independent Federation Textile Union of Cambodia (NIFTUC), Cambodian Women Movement’s Organization and other sectors organizing to promote higher labor standards throughout Cambodia.

Learn how SweatFree Purchasing Policies in cities and states in the US including Seattle
are supporting their efforts.

Come share the campaigns that you are working on with these inspiring activists from Cambodia all while supporting the newly unionized Arctic Hotel!

Organized by the Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance (APALA), Solidarity Center AFL-CIO, Teamsters 117 and the Washington Fair Trade Coalition.



~~~~~~~

Closing the Loop on the Global Apparel Supply Chain
Cambodian Labor Activists join members of Seattle City Council and WA State Legislature to call for Washington State to pass a SweatFree Purchasing Policy

What: The Coalition of Cambodia Apparel Workers Democratic Union and the National Independent Federation Textile Union of Cambodia, representing over 80,000, mostly women, apparel workers are coming to Seattle to share their fight for a living wage. A fight which brought hundreds of thousands of workers to the streets of Cambodia within the last year.


The City of Seattle in the last year passed a SweatFree Purchasing policy in solidarity with these workers and apparel workers worldwide who continue to labor in sweatshops making clothing for the US marketplace. Next year the WA State Legislature will move forward on a State-wide SweatFree Purchasing Policy-to insure that WA State tax dollars are supporting workers rights wherever we do business.

This is an opportunity for producers and consumers to create a humane supply chain that benefits everyone
with high working standards and living wages.

When: 12pm Noon, Thursday, July 28th 2011
Where: Seattle City Hall, 600 4th Ave, Seattle (inside lobby)
Who: Confirmed Speakers: Seattle Councilmember Nick Licata, WA State Senator Steve Conway, Ath Thorn, Coalition of Cambodia Apparel Workers Democratic Union (CCAWDU), Ms Morm Nhim, National Independent Federation Textile Union of Cambodia (NIFTUC), Phouk Hoeung, Cambodian Women Movement’s Organization.
Invited speakers: WA Rep. Bob Hasegawa, Seattle Councilmember Tom Rassmussen
Join the Washington Fair Trade Coalition/SweatFree WA Campaign, Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance (APALA), Solidarity Center AFL-CIO, and Teamsters 117
Visuals: Cambodian delegation in Seattle City Hall-solidarity in the global apparel supply chain from producers to consumers. Signs calling for WA State to pass a SweatFree Purchasing Policy.