No Sweat

Join
the 'No Sweat' Campaign

W orking
with the Maquila Solidarity Network, Students Against Sweatshops-Canada, the Union of Needletrades, Industrial
and Textile Employees, and the Canadian Labour Congress, Oxfam Canada
seeks to defend the rights of garment workers overseas and in Canada.

According to Oxfam campaign
coordinator Bill Hynd, "Canadian companies are profiting
from abusing the rights of people in many developing countries.
It is time that we consumers hold retailers and manufacturers
accountable for the conditions under which their clothes are produced."

Under the slogan, "Exploitation
is never in fashion," Oxfam's national campaign will seek
to convince universities, school boards and municipal and provincial
governments to adopt ethical purchasing and procurement policies.

Click
here for some of recent No Sweat victories!

Many of the world's 23.6
million garment workers in 160 countries are denied their basic
human rights. They suffer inhumane working conditions and arbitrary
discipline, earn sub-standard wages, and are often harassed for
legitimate union activity. Most of them are women.

Oxfam Canada supports local
community development in twenty countries of Africa, Latin America
and the Caribbean, where the abuse of workers' rights constitutes
a major obstacle to development.

To find out more
about "No Sweat," sign the online petition, or
join in the "Cut it Out" action to collect clothing
labels to present to Government officials, visit:   www.maquilasolidarity.org

For information, please
contact:

In St. John's: Bill
Hynd
709-753-2202, billh@oxfam.ca