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No Sweat is a campaigning organisation based in London, England, which fights for the rights of sweatshop labourers, not only in developing countries but also in Britain - for example in London's East End, in the borough of Tower Hamlets. No Sweat encourages consumers to choose ethically sourced clothing, whilst firmly rejecting boycotts. This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ...
Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: God Save the King/Queen Capital London (de facto) Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Unification - by Athelstan AD 927 Area - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK) 50,346 sq mi Population - 2006 est. ...
A sweatshop is a factory or place of hard labor. ...
High human development Medium human development Low human development Unavailable A developing country has a relatively low standard of living, an undeveloped industrial base, and a moderate to low Human Development Index (HDI) score. ...
This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ...
The London Borough of Tower Hamlets is the London borough to the east of the City of London, north of the River Thames in East London. ...
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The organisation works closely with parts of the TUC and other trade union organisations and cooperates with the Ethical Threads clothing company in Britain, with other campaign groups like Labour Behind the Label, and with "No Sweat Apparel" in the United States. Trades Union Congress headquarters at Congress House in Great Russell Street near Tottenham Court Road, Camden, London. ...
A Trade Union (Labour union) ... is a continuous association of wage-earners for the purpose of maintaining or improving the conditions of their employment. ...
Ethical Threads is a clothing manufacturer based in the United Kingdom. ...
Labour Behind the Label (LBL for short) is a campaign for workers rights in the clothing industry. ...
No Sweat Apparel is a United States-based clothing company devoted to the production and promotion of union-made, sweatshop-free clothing, shoes, and accessories. ...
Among the founders of No Sweat were members of the Alliance for Workers' Liberty and Workers Power. Workers Power split to form their own No Sweat group, which soon ceased activity, but members of the AWL retain leading roles in No Sweat, while No Sweat news features in their newspaper, Solidarity. No Sweat activities are also often covered in trade union publications, and in the daily Morning Star. Supporters have also contributed to various BBC programmes on the theme. [[Category:]] The Alliance for Workers Liberty (AWL), also known as Workers Liberty is a small Marxist group based in the United Kingdom. ...
Workers Power is a Trotskyist group, affiliated to the League for the Fifth International, which it was a prime mover in founding. ...
Socialist Organiser was the name of a defunct weekly socialist newspaper circulated in the British Labour Party . ...
A Trade Union (Labour union) ... is a continuous association of wage-earners for the purpose of maintaining or improving the conditions of their employment. ...
For other uses, see Morning Star. ...
The British Broadcasting Corporation, usually known as the BBC (and also informally known as the Beeb or Auntie) is one of the largest broadcasting corporations in the world in terms of audience numbers, employing 26,000 staff in the UK alone and with a budget of more than £4 billion. ...
The organisation holds many events in London, Manchester, Glasgow and elsewhere around the United Kingdom, and has a presence at many events such as Glastonbury Festival's Leftfield and many smaller left-wing festivals and gigs. Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough, in the metropolitan county of Greater Manchester, North West England. ...
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The Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts, commonly abbreviated to Glastonbury Festival or Glasto, is the largest [1] greenfield music and performing arts festival in the world. ...
The Leftfield is a travelling stage and bar which forms part of a number of British festivals. ...
In politics, left-wing, political left, leftism, or simply the left, are terms which refer (with no particular precision) to the segment of the political spectrum typically associated with any of several strains of socialism, social democracy, or liberalism (especially in the American sense of the word), or with opposition...
A festival is an event, usually staged by a local community, which centers on some unique aspect of that community. ...
Look up Gig in Wiktionary, the free dictionary Gig may be: A slang term for a musical engagement A contraction for gigabyte An archaic term for a type of light carriage A type of spear A similarly designed type of fishing tackle A contraction for Captains Gig, a type...
In Scotland, No Sweat was central to launching the "Ban the Brands" campaign, set up with educational campaigns, teaching unions, the STUC (Scottish Trades Union Congress) with some support from the Scottish Green Party and the Scottish Socialist Party, aiming to stop commercial involvement in schools (sponsorship, advertising, etc.). Motto: (Latin for No one provokes me with impunity)1 Anthem: Multiple unofficial anthems Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow Official language(s) English, Gaelic, Scots 2 Government Constitutional monarchy - Queen Queen Elizabeth II - Prime Minister of the UK Tony Blair MP - First Minister Jack McConnell MSP Unification - by Kenneth I...
The Scottish Green Party (PÃ rtaidh Uaine na h-Alba in Scottish Gaelic) is the Green party of Scotland, and a full member of the European Federation of Green Parties. ...
The Scottish Socialist Party (SSP) is a left-wing Scottish political party which campaigns for a socialist economic platform and Scottish independence. ...
External links
- http://www.nosweat.org.uk
- http://www.ethicalthreads.co.uk
- http://www.labourbehindthelabel.org
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