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Corporate Social Responsibility
ASDA, the £4 School Uniform and the Sun Sings the Praise of Sweatshops
The following is a love letter, penned by Clodagh Hartley for the Sun newspaper, to ASDA. Apparenly the UK arm of WalMart is selling school uniforms for £4.
The Scum thinks this is marvelous news for children and parents alike, and someone called Joyce Daly, from something called the Schoolwear Association, agrees. Presumably the kids and parents this is such great news for aren't the same kids and parents who make these clothes.
Given that ASDA have to pay the production, material, shipping and other costs, and still make a profit that keeps the directors in fancy cars, you don't need a maths degree to work out that the workers are getting screwed. Then again Sun journalists don't even have journalism degrees, let alone maths ones. Read on if you dare...
UK Hands Off Iraqi Oil Protest at BP AGM
BP in Iraq - 'Blatant Piracy'
Take action at British Petroleum's annual general meeting on Thursday April 17th at London's Excel Centre...
Clean Clothes Campaign (CCC) and India Committee of the Netherlands
During a state visit to India of the Dutch Queen and several ministers and companies, the Indian Minister of Economic affairs, Shri Kamal Nath, confronted the Dutch delegation with misleading information on the work of the Clean Clothes Campaign and the India Committee of the Netherlands, in relation to the factory FFI in Bangalore. The CCC sent out a pres statement (see below) to rectify the information in the Dutch press.
Clean Up Fashion
Black gold turns grey as Western giants prepare to draw from the wells
The big oil multinationals thought the prize was theirs under new production-sharing agreements in the war-torn country. But the 'Iraqi wealth for the Iraqi people' movement is growing amid internecine conflicts and trade union resistance. Ewa Jasiewicz reports
The Truth About BP’s Corporate Responsibility in Colombia: Communities and Oil Workers Speak Out
2pm – 7pm Saturday 30 June 2007, followed by Social (till 10)
Human Rights Action Centre, 17-25 New Inn Yard, London EC2.
(Nearest tube Old Street)
Witnesses from Colombia’s social movements describe how their human rights and environment are affected by oil corporations’ thirst for profits.
European Parliament Passes Corporate Social Responsibility Resolution
The Clean Clothes Campaign reports that on March 13th a new Resolution, regulating CSR activities, was passed in the European Parliament.
