*Ø* Blogmanac | Help Mexican Garment Workers Unionize
Source: Centro de Apoyo al Trabajador (CAT)
November 5
"800 workers are calling for justice and have organized an independent union SUITTAR (Sindicato Unico Independiente de Trabajadores de la empresa Tarrant Mexico) at the Tarrant México - Ajalpan factory located in the State of Puebla, Mexico. The factory has responded to the organizing attempt by firing workers and blacklisting them to surrounding factories. They opened in 1999 and have employed up to 1400 workers who assemble and sew denim clothing for such international brands as LEVI'S, TOMMY HILFIGER, EXPRESS, LIMITED, MOSSIMO, AMERICAN EAGLE, CALVIN KLEIN, GAP, DKNY, WAL-MART, VENEZIA, AMERICAN EAGLE, WET SEAL, POLO/RALPH LAUREN, SONOMA JEANS, AND KMART.
"These workers need solidarity and support from individuals and organizations.
"The majority of the workforce is women, the average wage at the factory is 400 and 700 pesos a week, or between $40 and $70 USD a week. Workdays are 10 hour days, workers endure constant verbal and sexual harrassment, are forced to reach unreachable quotas and suffer salary reductions for failure to make these quotas."
Click here to read the Workers Fundraising Appeal
Click here to read the most recent Miami Herald article
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Meanwhile:
Minnie Driver taking a job in Cambodian sweatshop
Associated Press
LONDON -- "Oscar nominee Minnie Driver plans to spend time in a Cambodian sweatshop for a project she hopes will draw attention to the plight of exploited workers in poor countries, a newspaper reports. 'I will be working alongside other young women for as long as it takes for me to raise awareness of the fair trade issue,' Driver told The Evening Standard at the London premiere of the movie Seabiscuit.
"The newspaper reported that Driver said she and a photographer friend hoped to make a documentary or perhaps write a book about the experience. She said she hoped her effort would help improve pay and working conditions for those in poor nations.
"'We in Britain and the Western world fuel the problem every time we buy clothes from any one of the major manufacturers which make goods in the third world using cheap labor,' Driver said."
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Source: Centro de Apoyo al Trabajador (CAT)
November 5
"800 workers are calling for justice and have organized an independent union SUITTAR (Sindicato Unico Independiente de Trabajadores de la empresa Tarrant Mexico) at the Tarrant México - Ajalpan factory located in the State of Puebla, Mexico. The factory has responded to the organizing attempt by firing workers and blacklisting them to surrounding factories. They opened in 1999 and have employed up to 1400 workers who assemble and sew denim clothing for such international brands as LEVI'S, TOMMY HILFIGER, EXPRESS, LIMITED, MOSSIMO, AMERICAN EAGLE, CALVIN KLEIN, GAP, DKNY, WAL-MART, VENEZIA, AMERICAN EAGLE, WET SEAL, POLO/RALPH LAUREN, SONOMA JEANS, AND KMART.
"These workers need solidarity and support from individuals and organizations.
"The majority of the workforce is women, the average wage at the factory is 400 and 700 pesos a week, or between $40 and $70 USD a week. Workdays are 10 hour days, workers endure constant verbal and sexual harrassment, are forced to reach unreachable quotas and suffer salary reductions for failure to make these quotas."
Click here to read the Workers Fundraising Appeal
Click here to read the most recent Miami Herald article
Source
Meanwhile:
Minnie Driver taking a job in Cambodian sweatshop
Associated Press
LONDON -- "Oscar nominee Minnie Driver plans to spend time in a Cambodian sweatshop for a project she hopes will draw attention to the plight of exploited workers in poor countries, a newspaper reports. 'I will be working alongside other young women for as long as it takes for me to raise awareness of the fair trade issue,' Driver told The Evening Standard at the London premiere of the movie Seabiscuit.
"The newspaper reported that Driver said she and a photographer friend hoped to make a documentary or perhaps write a book about the experience. She said she hoped her effort would help improve pay and working conditions for those in poor nations.
"'We in Britain and the Western world fuel the problem every time we buy clothes from any one of the major manufacturers which make goods in the third world using cheap labor,' Driver said."
Source
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