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TAKE ACTION! Demonstrate at Primark AGM
PRIMARK AGM – Friday 5 December from 10.30am
TUC, Congress Centre, 28 Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3LS
PRIMARK's AGM is the most important opportunity this year to put put pressure on the famous high street brand. This annual shareholder meeting is when important decisions get made regarding PRIMARK's policies and procedures.
It is PRIMARK's shareholders who take home the lion's share of PRIMARK's profits and who have the power to make PRIMARK introduce policies and procedures that will ensure the lives of workers are put ahead PRIMARK's pursuit for profits.
LBL and No Sweat, along with Bangladeshi workers from the National Garment Workers Federation and Tara and Stacy from the BBC reality show Blood, Sweat and T-Shirts, will be outside the AGM reminding shareholders that it is their responsibility to hold PRIMARK to account for their failure to do more to protect garment workers rights.
Join us on Friday 5 December from 10.30 onwards to make your voice heard.
Bangladesh workers speak out!
Bangladeshi garment workers are at the frontline of workers' struggles against exploitation and for environmental and social justice. This tour, organised by No Sweat and Labour Behind the Label, is a unique opportunity to hear from Bangladeshi textile workers and labour rights activists, organising workers producing for some of the biggest and most exploitative multinationals on the planet.
Events are organised in London, Leeds, Sheffield, Oxford and Bristol. See the lists of events below or contact the office for more info.
Speakers:
Shadia Sarkar, President, Bangladesh National Garment Workers Federation
Adiba Begum, Garment worker and union activist
Khorshed Alam, Labour rights activist and researcher. Director of the Alternative Movement for Resources and Freedom Society.
Turkey: A union is a right not a luxury
Anyone considering buying a leather bag or pair of gloves from designer brands Prada, Mulberry, Louis Vuitton, Aspinals of London and Samsonite could be forgiven for assuming that paying such high prices might mean avoiding the exploitation and abuse for which high street fashion is renowned.
However, as Turkish workers at the DESA factory in Turkey could tell you, the reality is very different. Long hours, low wages and appalling conditions are the norm and for the last six months the factory has been running a campaign of harassment and intimidation against the union they formed to stand up for their rights.
Let's Clean Up Fashion 2008
Britain’s fashion industry is split on paying garment factory workers more in developing countries, a survey of 27 of the top fashion brands reveals today.
