Ken's Anti-Sweatshop TV show #2, March Madness 2011
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The document discusses organizing efforts against sweatshops producing university apparel. It summarizes a meeting focused on pressuring the University of Pittsburgh and Russell Athletics to protect workers' rights and implement anti-sweatshop policies through affiliating with the Workers Rights Consortium. Specific factories and brands producing Pitt apparel like Russell Athletics and Fruit of the Loom are mentioned. Goals of the campaign include independent monitoring of factories and focusing on human rights.
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Ken's Anti-Sweatshop TV show #2, March Madness 2011
- 2. Peterson Events Center 4.9.10
- 3. Dennis Brutus and Howard Zinn Tribute – April 18, 2010
- 4. Pittsburgh City Council Post Agenda April 27, 2010
- 6. THANK YOU PITT Chapter of the National Lawyers Guild
- 11. www.FIELDOFSCHEMES.org What are the Pittsburgh Pirates selling? Roberto Clemente – this is what Solidarity looks like MAZ – this is the shot heard around the world What do the Pittsburgh Pirates and U PITT’s logos have in common? Why are we targeting the Pittsburgh Pirates rather than Walmart or Nike?
- 16. It’s all about the cotton and who spins it. It’s about MLK’s triple evils of racism, imperialism and poverty.
- 20. MLK Day Bangladesh 2010 Thank you Senators Specter and Casey Amin/War on Want - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IlO9u-wPNEY
- 28. Invitations to Anti Sweatshop Policy Meeting on April 27 – 2 PM We are no longer implementing policies proactively – we are responding to worker testimony. We are remediating sweatshop factory conditions now.
- 33. What is the connection between sweatshop working conditions in Bangladesh and police brutality in Pittsburgh? HUMAN RIGHTS The Pittsburgh Anti Sweatshop Community Alliance is a Human Rights organization. The need for Independent Monitoring of garment factories is similar to the need for Citizen Police Oversight. You cannot have the fox guarding the hen house.
- 37. How are Dennis Brutus, Roberto Clemente and Mohammad Ali connected?
- 38. Did you know B-PEP is a Human Rights organization? Buy your tickets for B-PEP JAZZ here/TONIGHT!
- 39. Workers from Bangladesh will testify at the August Wilson Center on Tuesday April 27 at 7 PM . We need your help to make this event a success! Help us find co-sponsors. Meet with anti sweatshop policy implementation people to prepare for this event. Empower the people you know with this testimony. Own it. THANK YOU EARLY BIRD Co-sponsors! Pittsburgh IWW, Black Political Empowerment Project, State Senator Jim Ferlo, William Robinson Consulting, Coalition of Black Trade Unionists, National Labor Committee, Western PA Jobs with Justice, Freedom Unlimited, Steel Valley Printers/USW Local 3403
- 40. Celebrate AND Protest on the International Workers Holiday EXAMPLE: Baltimore’s United Workers Our Harbor Day Pittsburgh IWW May Day Committee – Meet Alex and Evan! NOTE: May Day this year is on a Saturday and coincides with PITT graduation! Ummm
Editor's Notes
- Why are you not leafleting about health care?
- Ask for their imaginations here.
- Bringing these people into the EPZs causes chaos – it is violence perpetrated on farming communities! Workers are paying for these subsidies with IMF loans.
- The question is how are WE powerful… no to consumer activism! Community Collective Action with the home team.
- I went to college at IU – the Cathedral of Learning is another example of a WPA project. This is a point about the use of contractors. FDR created the WPA to contribute to a “more abundant life for Americans.”
- Take a good look at our map… I was not there, but these are some of the connections that were made.
- I don’t like to talk about sweatshop working conditions – I like to identify with empowered people
- Connects students/alumni/community. Big $ stream connected to sports. It’s on your diploma.
- Solidarity transcends language and geography. MLK is a transcendent Character/as was Dennis Brutus
- Organizing and Human Rights protections… yes I use them interchangeably.
- Russell Athletic protest video - http://blogs.dailyemerald.com/photo/2009/05/13/protest-against-russell-athletic/# What is the calculation that goes into a WRC investigation.
- The Pittsburgh Pirates and the University of Pittsburgh are in this together.
- It is kind of a corny picture, but we like it.