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6.30-9pm, Thursday 22 January, The Other Cinema, 11 Rupert Street, London W1
To raise money for union organisers at the Centro de Apoyo al Trabajador in Mexico, No Sweat has organised a special screening of Ken Loach's film Bread and Roses (2000) on 22 January at the Other Cinema in London.
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No Sweat steering group
Meets on Saturday 17 January, 12-4 pm, at University London Union, Malet Street, Euston, London. All activists welcome.
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By Alison Brown
150 anti-sweatshop activists met in Sheffield on 29-30 November to debate, discuss and consider future campaigning priorities.
Students and trade unionists listened as Mick Duncan from No Sweat and Neil Kearney, a leader of the international garment workers' union, ITGFWU, opened the event. Mick stressed the need to build campaigning unity between the trade union movement and anti-capitalist youth and students. Mick advocated a sharp, clear focus on working class self-organisation and support for international workers' struggles.
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By Mick Duncan
In between marching, trying out the cheapest wine on sale and getting lost, No Sweat participated in two sessions at the European Social Forum (12-15 November).
The first was organised by the Clean Clothes Campaign on codes of conduct and corporate responsibility. The seminar was in three parts, with academics, campaigners and trade unionists on the panel. No Sweat tried to appeal to the newly enlightened audience to get active in taking on sweatshop exploitation and to support the Tarrant workers, still sacked and blacklisted in Mexico.
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Saturday 29-Sunday 30 November
University of Sheffield Students' Union
Read on for the full programme...
Saturday
12-12.45 Registration
Plus film showing - Harvard Living Wage Sit-in
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By Mark Osborn
A key question of the 21st century is how the unity of activists and trade unionists across national frontiers can be forged. Capital is well organised and protected. How can we be better organised?
And how can the left help the new labour movements in countries like China build?
The No Sweat conference in Sheffield, over the weekend of 29-30 November, will be a good place for activists to take stock of our achievements, swap ideas, debate and plan future activities. It is an arena where trade unionists and anti-capitalist young people can meet up with environmentalists and anti-sweatshop camapigners. You must be there.
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Alice Nutter, from the rock band Chumbawamba was part of a No Sweat delegation that visited Puebla, Mexico, in September. No Sweat met independent trade union activists who are attempting to unionise the sweatshop factories in the region. This is part of Alice's report.
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No Sweat has organised two activites to support the struggle for an independent union and oppose the victimisations that have taken place at Tarrant, Puebla (Mexico) in recent weeks.
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Welcome to globalisation
No Sweat Conference 2003
Saturday 29-Sunday 30 November
University of Sheffield Students' Union
Workshops, discussions, films, debates on Saturday
Training workshops on Sunday
Top benefit on Saturday
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