end east end sweatshops campaign : gmb london region / nosweat.org.uk
GMB London Region / http://www.nosweat.org.uk | 10.04.2002 20:55
Over 340 companies in the East End of London employ nearly 5,000 local people producing clothing for high street shops and local street market traders. Often these workers are afraid of joining trade unions,are made to work very long hours in the factory or at home,don't know how much they will be paid week to week and suffer the threat of
serious injury or bad health because of their working conditions.Many work in classic ‘sweatshop ’ conditions found in many other parts of the world.
serious injury or bad health because of their working conditions.Many work in classic ‘sweatshop ’ conditions found in many other parts of the world.
The GMB trade union and No Sweat has teamed up with local people in the East End to campaign
to put an end to sweatshop conditions in local factories.The campaign will be aimed at organising
workers into a trade union,where we can,and raising awareness among local people,politicians
and the press of the conditions suffered by our neighbours in the East End.
If you want to help the campaign,please distribute this leaflet (.pdf download) on your estate,where you work or
at your college or school.Ask anyone you know who works in the clothing factories to fill in the
form on the other side and get it back to the GMB union or to No Sweat.We will use this information
to help us target our campaigning on the worst workplaces locally.
We will be holding regular meetings in East London to discuss the campaign and agree what action
to take.To find out about the date and time of the next organising meeting,call Martin Smith at
the GMB on 0208 202 8272,or Mick Duncan on 07904 431 959.
http://www.gmb.org.uk
http://www.nosweat.org.uk 
admin@nosweat.org.uk
to put an end to sweatshop conditions in local factories.The campaign will be aimed at organising
workers into a trade union,where we can,and raising awareness among local people,politicians
and the press of the conditions suffered by our neighbours in the East End.
If you want to help the campaign,please distribute this leaflet (.pdf download) on your estate,where you work or
at your college or school.Ask anyone you know who works in the clothing factories to fill in the
form on the other side and get it back to the GMB union or to No Sweat.We will use this information
to help us target our campaigning on the worst workplaces locally.
We will be holding regular meetings in East London to discuss the campaign and agree what action
to take.To find out about the date and time of the next organising meeting,call Martin Smith at
the GMB on 0208 202 8272,or Mick Duncan on 07904 431 959.
http://www.gmb.org.uk http://www.nosweat.org.uk admin@nosweat.org.uk
GMB London Region / http://www.nosweat.org.uk
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