for sport without sweatshops:(anti)commonwealth games briefing :nosweat.org.uk
No Sweat in Manchester | 24.07.2002 13:29
Sport has become big business and events such as the Commonwealth Games provide an opportunity for companies to gain publicity and push their products. Among those companies are those that - directly or indirectly - employ sweatshop labour or abuse labour rights.
No Sweat has four particular areas of concern as far as the Commonwealth Games are concerned. In this paper we provide examples of each of these aspects of the Games.
No Sweat has four particular areas of concern as far as the Commonwealth Games are concerned. In this paper we provide examples of each of these aspects of the Games.
Our four main areas of concern regarding the Games are:
~ The sponsorship of the Games themselves;
~ The origin of official Commonwealth Games merchandise;
~ The failure of the Commonwealth Games authorities to take action to force the implementation of internationally recognised labour standards by their suppliers;
~ The use of the Games as an opportunity for the advertising and marketing of goods produced in sweatshops;
The briefing is attached here as a text file, or it can be downloaded from
http://www.nosweat.org.uk/article.php?sid=220&mode=thread&order=0
See you in Manchester to protest against the Commonwealth Games' tainted links to sweatshop
producers on August 3rd. - meet 11.30am at All Saint's Park, Oxford Road. Events include Race to the Bottom, Throw Yer Job, For The High Jump... Benefit gig in the evening at Manchester Metropolitan Students' Uni (Oxford Road)
~ The sponsorship of the Games themselves;
~ The origin of official Commonwealth Games merchandise;
~ The failure of the Commonwealth Games authorities to take action to force the implementation of internationally recognised labour standards by their suppliers;
~ The use of the Games as an opportunity for the advertising and marketing of goods produced in sweatshops;
The briefing is attached here as a text file, or it can be downloaded from
http://www.nosweat.org.uk/article.php?sid=220&mode=thread&order=0 See you in Manchester to protest against the Commonwealth Games' tainted links to sweatshop
producers on August 3rd. - meet 11.30am at All Saint's Park, Oxford Road. Events include Race to the Bottom, Throw Yer Job, For The High Jump... Benefit gig in the evening at Manchester Metropolitan Students' Uni (Oxford Road)
No Sweat in Manchester
e-mail:
manchester@nosweat.org.uk
Homepage:
http://www.nosweat.org.uk
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contact details for no sweat in manchester
24.07.2002 13:36
Phone: 07951 741640
Manchester No Sweat
C/o 1 Cundiff Road
Chorlton Cum Hardy
Manchester M21 8FS
and if anyone knows any sympathetic journos who might be able to cover this please get in touch...
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e-mail:
manchester@nosweat.org.uk
Homepage:
http://www.nosweat.org.uk