NW Sweatfree Campaign Updates

Apr.21, 2008: Sweatfree NW Activists hand delivered the Clearing the Hurdles report to Nike at their Oregon headquarters on behalf of Play Fair 2008, organized by the Clean Clothes Campaign. The report shows gross worker rights violations in the production of sportswear and athletic footwear. We are standing in solidarity with this international campaign to companies and national governments to eliminate the exploitation and abuse of workers in the global sporting goods industry. [Read More]
Apr.2, 2008: Anti-Sweatshop Campaign Calls on Oregon to Pass "Sweatfree" Bill Salem, OR —Sweatfree Northwest to kick-off the Oregon Sweatfree Campaign at 12noon on April 1, 2008, on the Capitol Steps in Salem. The Oregon Sweatfree Campaign will encourage Governor Kulongoski to pass an Executive Order for Sweatshop Free Purchasing for Oregon. This policy will ensure that tax money will not be spent on sweatshops.[Read More]