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Ottawa No Sweat City of Ottawa Ottawa No Sweat Email Contact List Ottawa No Sweat is a coalition of individuals Ward 1 - Herb Kreling and representatives from faith, labour, [email protected] student, and non-governmental Ward 2 - Rainer Bloess organizations. We are concerned about [email protected] working conditions in sweatshops around Ward 3 - Jan Harder [email protected] the world. Ward 4 - Peggy Feltmate [email protected] Ottawa No Sweat is part of the Ethical Trading Ward 5 - Eli El-Chantiry Action Group (ETAG). ETAG is lobbying [email protected] to get Canadian public institutions to adopt Ward 6 - Janet Stavinga ethical purchasing policies and mobilizing [email protected] for changes to federal textile labeling Ward 7 - Alex Cullen regulations. [email protected] Ward 8 - Rick Chiarelli Ottawa No Sweat is working to get the City of [email protected] Ward 9 - Gord Hunter Ottawa to adopt a ‘No Sweat’ ethical [email protected] purchasing policy. A ‘No Sweat’ ethical Ward 10 - Diane Deans purchasing policy will ensure that clothing [email protected] and other goods purchased by the City of Ward 11 - Michel Bellemare Ottawa are not produced in sweatshop [email protected] Ward 12 - Georges Bédard conditions. [email protected] The City of Ottawa Ward 13 - Jacques Legendre [email protected] shouldn’t be Ward 14 - Diane Holmes [email protected] Ward 15 - Shawn Little supporting [email protected] Ward 16 - Maria McRae sweatshops with our [email protected] Contact your City Councillor City Contact your Ward 17 - Clive Doucet [email protected] tax dollars. Tell your Ward 18 - Peter Hume [email protected] city councillor that Ward 19 - Rob Jellett For more information email us at [email protected] [email protected] you support a ‘No Ward 20 - Doug Thompson [email protected] or visit Ward 21 - Glenn Brooks Sweat’ policy for the [email protected] http://www.maquilasolidarity.org/ city. Ottawa No Sweat Coalition goods that are made in factories that comply W ho made the clothes you are wearing? with internationally accepted minimum labour There’s a good chance that some of your standards based on Conventions of the United wardrobe was made in a sweatshop. Nations and the International Labour Organization. A ‘No Sweat’ policy says “no” to child What is a sweatshop? labour, forced labour, discrimination, A sweatshop is any work environment where harassment, and abuse, and “yes” to fair wages employees work long hours in unsafe conditions and hours of work as well as safe, healthy for low pay. Sweatshop workers are often working conditions. intimidated and harassed and sometimes even We don’t want our tax dollars used to buy subjected to violence and sexual abuse. Most sweatshop products. We want people, including sweatshop workers are women and many are our city councillors, to think about the choices children. they make when they shop. Sweatshop conditions exist all over the world in many sectors. Agricultural workers rarely earn a subsidence wage while being forced to How can you help? work long hours in unsafe conditions. • Become informed. In Canada, many workers sew brand-name • Join our campaign. (This fall we will be clothes for piece rates that are less than the legal making a presentation to Ottawa’s Corporate minimum wage. They don’t receive benefits or Services Committee. We will need your overtime pay. support. Email us to say you support us and Defend workers’ rights we will keep you up-to-date on our activities so that you can participate.) here and abroad. What can be done about • Phone, write, fax or email the mayor and sweatshops? your city councillor and let them know that Ask for fair trade you support a ‘No Sweat’ policy for the City Ottawa No Sweat has come together to do of Ottawa. ‘No Sweat’ something about this problem. Mayor Bob Chiarelli Ottawa No Sweat is working to get the City 110 Laurier Avenue West products when you of Ottawa to pass a ‘No Sweat’ resolution Ottawa ON K1P 1J1 stating that the municipal government and its 580-2496 (phone) 580-2509 (fax) shop. agencies will only purchase uniforms and other [email protected] .
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