Help Spread the Word About the Liberty Boycott
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Get Out The National Mailing!
WHERE: The Brooklyn Workers Center, inside the YWCA at 30 Third
Avenue in downtown Brooklyn (near the corner of Atlantic).
WHEN: Sunday July 25 and throughout the week from 2pm-6pm.
Please call ahead to let us know when you
can come to help out!
(718) 625-9091
On July 8th the "Ain't I a Woman?!" campaign
and garment workers launched a national boycott against clothing
manufacturer Liberty Apparel and demanded that manufacturers like
Liberty and DKNY be held accountable to their subcontracted workers.
Garment workers toiled in one of the Liberty's factories in New
York City sewing clothing for 14 hours a day at $3 an hour. After
working up to 80 hours a week with wages withheld for up to eight
months, the workers, mostly women, had little time to eat or sleep
let alone be with and care for their families. In fact, several
workers had to send their babies back to China to be raised---a
growing pattern among overworked, immigrant parents in the U.S.
Help us get out an important national mailing about this boycott,
which could affect the rights of all subcontracted workers in the
U.S. - not only garment workers, but also workers in construction,
temp, high tech, and office work, janitorial and cleaning service,
poultry, meat-packing, home healthcare and other industries - to
demand accountability from the companies they work for.
You are also invited to bring us the names and addresses of
friends, relatives and contacts for organizations that would be
interested in supporting the boycott. Just email the info to nmass@yahoo.com.
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