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RALLY FOR A SWEATSHOP FREE PORTLANDMonday February 19, 2007 12:00 PMIn front of City Hall (1221 SW 4th Ave, between Madison & Jefferson streets)Tell City Council to Make Portland Sweatshop Free: *Support a meaningful ordinance that celebrates labor and human rights on city contacts. *Join Portland with cities and states nationwide in a worker rights consortium to monitor labor conditions. *Hear first hand from sweatshop workers: *From Columbia: Beatriz (Betty) Fuentes, President of Sintrasplendor union at Splendor Flowers, a Dole-owned cut flower plantation, *From India: Kotagarahalli Jayaram, Organizer for the Garment and Textile Workers’ Union (GATWU) and from Oregon’s Labor Commissioner, Dan Gardner. Plus, Portland-area working people and concerned community members. |
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