In an attempt to silence critics of the India-based manufacturer Fibres and Fabrics International, the Indian court issued arrest warrants against seven staff members of the Clean Clothes Campaign and the India Committee of the Netherlands. The Clean Clothes Campaign is seeking international support on the matter.
Archive for September, 2007
A judge in Bangalore has ordered the apprehension of seven staff members of the Clean Clothes Campaign (http://www.cleanclothes.org) and...
El Salvador
This new NLC report documents harsh sweatshop conditions, union busting and apparent tax fraud with the complicity of the Salvadoran Ministry of Labor - in a South Korean maquila factory sewing clothing for Osh Kosh B'Gosh and Wal-Mart.
KB Manufacturing Cited for Worker Rights Violations by Nicaraguan National Assembly Labor Committee
Translation, Certification of Yellow Union
Company Profiles
MINISTRY OF LABOR INVESTIGATION FINDS KB MANUFACTURING PLANT NOT IN COMPLIANCE
Rich countries must heed the United Nation’s call for an urgent political response to tackle climate change. Oxfam is concerned that climate change is increasing poverty and vulnerability among poor people who are least responsible for the problem and least able to bear its effects. The changes needed to tackle the causes and effects of climate change must be both adequate and fair to the world’s poorest people
EU Development Ministers meeting in Portugal this weekend should demand that the European Commission (EC) scraps current proposals for free trade deals with African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries because they will undermine poverty reduction, said Oxfam today.
