No Sweat Week 2007 - 12th - 16th February - No Sweat Week 2007
Welcome one and all to the No Sweat Bradford MySpace.
these bland surroundings will soon become lucious and hopefully rather exciting...please keep your eyes peeled and we'll try and give you something to have them peeled for.
No Sweat, what's that all about? deodorant or something? No no, we're an anti-sweatshop campaign!
Do you know where you're clothes come from? would you be happy if you knew they came from a factory where the workers were paid only 5p an hour and forced to undertake unpaid overtime? Or maybe a factory which employs children as young as 12 years old? These are some of the issues surrounding sweatshops. To watch a channel four report on bangladesh sweatshop workers click here
This isn't about feeling guilty but urging companies like ASDA, Tesco and Primark to ensure that people who make their products are treated fairly and paid a fair wage.
No Sweat Week 2007 is 12th - 16th Feb and some stuff will be happening in and around Bradford Uni for your delectation. Check out our calendar and give us a message etc if you want more info.
Monday 12th There will be a sweatshop in the Richmond building to put one or more of us through the finer points of sweatshop work and raise awareness about the conditions some people are forced to work in around the world.
At 8pm there will be a talk by Dan Randall - NoSweat.org Student officer - at Treehouse.
absolutely free and open to all.
Tuesday 13th JustChurch @ 2 Ashgrove will be concentrating their efforts on the issues surrounding sweatshops. Free and open to all, very friendly atmosphere!
Wednesday 14th We're gonna flyer the city! Come and hand out leaflets to students and Bradford residents alike and hopefully have a chat. Concentrating on Primark. We'll meet outside the Richmond building in the afternoon, time TBC. open to everyone! Please feel free to come along for a short time or a long stint, all help much appreciated.
Thursday 15th Treehouse Resource room [in the basement] will be home to a clothes swap shop. Bring along any old clothes you no longer want, swap 'em all round and take home what you do - voila! new wardrobe! Alternatively bring along something you want to keep but needs improvement and customise it/share ideas with other. Needles/threads/fabric/bits and bobs/maybe even a sewing machine will be there! HURRAH! FAbulously free and open to all.
Friday 16th A night of film and music at Treehouse cafe featuring Wilful Missing and Bek a la acoustic guitar, hurrah! £2 members/£3 non-members All hte money will be going to charity.
All week in Treehouse there will be letters and postcards to sign aswell as a small collection of reports/info about sweatshops and unfiar working practices. please feel free to coem and ahve a look anytime 10-4 monday-saturday.
