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No Sweat Coalition PartnersNo Sweat Coalition Partners
Help Make Ottawa a No Sweat CityHelp Make Ottawa a No Sweat City
Source: http://sweatshop.clc-ctc.ca/pdf/municipal_resolution_disclosure.pdf
To amend the Purchasing Policy of the City of Ottawa, in order to ensure that, when the City procures goods and services or license its
trademarks, the City does not contract with sweatshops.
MODEL MUNICIPAL RESOLUTION:FULL PUBLIC DISCLOSURE AND COMMITMENT TO A NO SWEAT POLICY
We Don’t Want Our City Logo on ThisWe Don’t Want Our City Logo on This
Source: http://sweatshop.clc-ctc.ca/pdf/municipal_resolution_disclosure.pdf
Uniforms We Are Proud To WearUniforms We Are Proud To Wear
Source: http://sweatshop.clc-ctc.ca/en/work1.html
Price Make-up of a $100 Sport ShoePrice Make-up of a $100 Sport Shoe
Source: http://www.nosweat.org.uk/download.php?op=viewdownload&cid=3
Pressure to PerformPressure to Perform
Source: http://www.cleanclothes.org/campaign/foto/exhibit.htm
Quota Signboard (Thailand)Quota Signboard (Thailand)
Source: http://www.cleanclothes.org/campaign/foto/exhibit.htm
• High pressure to meet
production quotas
• Wages tied to unrealistic
targets – fines or firing as
punishment
• Need overtime to earn
basic wages
• Legal minimum wages
below requirements for
living
Garment Factory (Lesotho)Garment Factory (Lesotho)
Source: http://www.cleanclothes.org/campaign/foto/exhibit.htm
• Delivery deadlines mean high levels of pressure
• Overtime hours are usually not paid at the legal rate
• Saying no to overtime often means getting fired
Sport Shoe Factory Worker (Thailand)Sport Shoe Factory Worker (Thailand)
Source: http://www.cleanclothes.org/campaign/foto/exhibit.htm
• 70 to 98% of workers
in the garment sector
are women
• Their position in the
global garment
industry is impacted
by women’s standing
in their culture
Garment Worker (Indonesia)Garment Worker (Indonesia)
• Standing 12 or more
hours per day
• Seven days per week
• No protective gloves
• No protection against
inhaling fibres
Source: http://www.cleanclothes.org/campaign/foto/exhibit.htm
73 million working children are less
than 10 years old
Every year, 22,000 children die in work-related
accidents
Facts on Child LabourFacts on Child Labour
8.4 million children are trapped in slavery, trafficking, debt bondage, prostitution, pornography and other illicit activities
Source: http://sweatshop.clc-ctc.ca/pdf/dec_2005_swa.pdf
Garment Factory Exterior (Lesotho) Garment Factory Exterior (Lesotho)
Source: http://www.cleanclothes.org/campaign/foto/exhibit.htm
Worker CompoundWorker Compound
Source: http://www.cleanclothes.org/campaign/foto/exhibit.htm
Worker Living QuartersWorker Living Quarters
Source: http://www.behindthelabel.org/photo.asp?index=44
Many Indonesian factory workers
live in huts such as these ones,
often housing entire families in
these small living quarters.
Garment Factory (Romania)Garment Factory (Romania)
Source: http://www.cleanclothes.org/campaign/foto/exhibit.htm
• The garment industry is highly mobile
• If workers begin to demand rights, operations can
simply move elsewhere, for example from Indonesia
to Eastern Europe
Anti-Union EnforcementAnti-Union Enforcement
Source: http://www.behindthelabel.org/photo.asp?index=57
Often union members are kidnapped and there have
been cases where they have never been found. People
assume that they have been killed. Workers are
intimidated and afraid.
Anti-Union EnforcementAnti-Union Enforcement
Source: http://www.behindthelabel.org/photo.asp?index=58
The factories tell workers that if they join a union they
will lose their jobs. They are told that they will be
responsible of the factory closes.
Source: http://www.behindthelabel.org/photo.asp?index=19
Sweatshop Sweatshop Abuses Abuses Flourish Flourish When When Worker Worker Conditions Conditions Are HiddenAre Hidden
Source: http://www.behindthelabel.org/photo.asp?index=21
Sweatshop Sweatshop Abuses Abuses Flourish Flourish When When Worker Worker Conditions Conditions Are HiddenAre Hidden
Sweatshop Sweatshop Abuses Abuses Flourish Flourish When When Worker Worker Conditions Conditions Are HiddenAre Hidden
Source: http://www.behindthelabel.org/photo.asp?index=23
Sweatshop Sweatshop Abuses Abuses Flourish Flourish When When Worker Worker Conditions Conditions Are HiddenAre Hidden
Source: http://www.behindthelabel.org/photo.asp?index=24
Sweatshop Sweatshop Abuses Abuses Flourish Flourish When When Worker Worker Conditions Conditions Are HiddenAre Hidden
Source: http://www.behindthelabel.org/photo.asp?index=26
Sweatshop Sweatshop Abuses Abuses Flourish Flourish When When Worker Worker Conditions Conditions Are HiddenAre Hidden
Source: http://www.behindthelabel.org/photo.asp?index=30
Sweatshop Sweatshop Abuses Abuses Flourish Flourish When When Worker Worker Conditions Conditions Are HiddenAre Hidden
Source: http://www.behindthelabel.org/photo.asp?index=33
Sweatshop Sweatshop Abuses Abuses Flourish Flourish When When Worker Worker Conditions Conditions Are HiddenAre Hidden
Source: http://www.behindthelabel.org/photo.asp?index=38
Source: http://sweatshop.clc-ctc.ca/pdf/Brochure%20CLC%20ang%20WEB.pdf
Where is the Nation’s Capital?Where is the Nation’s Capital?
Canadian Public Institutions with a No Sweat PolicyUniversity of Alberta, AB
University of British
Columbia, BC
Dalhousie University, NS
University of Guelph, ON
Laurentian University, ON
McMaster University, ON
Memorial University, NF
University of Toronto, ON
Trent University, ON
University of Waterloo, ON
University of Western
Ontario, ON
Queen’s University, ON
Need sourceMunicipalities with a No Sweat PolicyBathurst, NB
Port Hawkesbury, NS
Calgary, AB
Duncan, BC
Ladysmith, BC
City of Nanaimo, BC
Regional District of
Nanaimo, BC
North Cowichan, BC
Saskatoon, SK
St. Thomas, ON
Toronto, ON
Vancouver, BC
Windsor, ON
School Boards with a No Sweat Policy
Eastern Ontario (Catholic), ON
Hamilton Wentworth (Catholic), ON
Huron-Superior (Catholic), ON
Waterloo Region (Public), ON
York (Catholic), ON
Algonquin and Lakeshore (Catholic), ONSchool Boards with a No Sweat Policy
Eastern Ontario (Catholic), ON
Hamilton Wentworth (Catholic), ON
Huron-Superior (Catholic), ON
Waterloo Region (Public), ON
York (Catholic), ON
Algonquin and Lakeshore (Catholic), ON
Source: http://sweatshop.clc-ctc.ca/pdf/municipal_resolution_disclosure.pdf
BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council and the City of commit to the adoption of a No Sweat procurement policy
within the next year.
MODEL MUNICIPAL RESOLUTION:FULL PUBLIC DISCLOSURE AND COMMITMENT TO A NO SWEAT POLICY