Cotton Campaign » ILRF http://www.cottoncampaign.org Stop Forced and Child Labour in Uzbekistan! Fri, 18 Jun 2010 16:22:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Gearing up for the International Day Against Child labor June 12 http://www.cottoncampaign.org/2010/05/21/gearing-up-for-the-international-day-against-child-labor/ http://www.cottoncampaign.org/2010/05/21/gearing-up-for-the-international-day-against-child-labor/#comments Fri, 21 May 2010 14:59:03 +0000 admin http://www.cottoncampaign.org/?p=476 The International Labor Rights Forum is planning a May 25 conference in Washington D.C. to discuss the state of the struggle. Representatives from the AFL/CIO, from Coca Cola, and from the State Department’s office of Child Labor and Trafficking will present.

Given that the ILO’s latest report on child labor shows that reductions observed between 2004-2008 have slowed way down in the past two years, it’s time to renew strategies and take stock. For those who can’t make it, streaming video of the event will be available here.

]]> http://www.cottoncampaign.org/2010/05/21/gearing-up-for-the-international-day-against-child-labor/feed/ 0 LL Bean vows to exclude Uzbek cotton http://www.cottoncampaign.org/2009/12/09/ll-bean-vows-to-exclude-uzbek-cotton/ http://www.cottoncampaign.org/2009/12/09/ll-bean-vows-to-exclude-uzbek-cotton/#comments Thu, 10 Dec 2009 02:44:04 +0000 admin http://www.cottoncampaign.org/?p=388 Duckboots back on the shopping list

Duckboots back on the shopping list

Of all the companies named by the International Labor Rights Forum on this year’s Sweatshop Hall of Shame for the use of Uzbek cotton, LL Bean was the fastest to respond, and vowed to (eventually) exclude it from their supply chain.  Let’s hope their follow through is as exhaustive as their initial response was rapid.

Read more on the ILRF blog here.  If you buy LL Bean products, take time to let their corporate office know that this is important to you.

]]> http://www.cottoncampaign.org/2009/12/09/ll-bean-vows-to-exclude-uzbek-cotton/feed/ 2 LL Bean, Hanes, Gymboree: child exploiters http://www.cottoncampaign.org/2009/12/08/ll-bean-hanes-gymboree-child-exploiters/ http://www.cottoncampaign.org/2009/12/08/ll-bean-hanes-gymboree-child-exploiters/#comments Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:56:24 +0000 admin http://www.cottoncampaign.org/?p=379 The International Labor Rights Forum released its list of Sweatshop Hall of Shame inductees for 2009.  They include some of the best-known American retailers of children’s clothing…who refuse to stop profiting from the exploitation of children in Uzbekistan.  ILRF writes:

While over 25 companies have committed to boycotting the use of Uzbek
cotton until the government ends its abusive labor practices, there are still
many companies that haven’t stepped up to the plate. Gymboree, Hanes,
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and LL Bean have been contacted and yet they refuse to concretely address this pervasive
problem.

While over 25 companies have committed to boycotting the use of Uzbek cotton until the government ends its abusive labor practices, there are still many companies that haven’t stepped up to the plate.  Gymboree, Hanes and LL Bean have all been contacted, and yet they refuse to concretely address this pervasive problem.

My holiday shopping list sure has changed, and I hope many other consumers will do the same.

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