A Time To Get Naked! - wednesday march 3rd 1pm

or at least time to get other people naked, depending on how you feel about public nudity... whatever.

after two international conference calls, between 26 students from all over North America and Europe (Including students from Birmingham UK & USA)a international week of action against sweatshops has been been organized for, the week starting the 1st of march.

The theme is "I'd rather go naked than, wear sweatshop clothing"

Why take part! - this is not just for the kicks

the people working for university’s suppliers are often working under slave labour conditions, with no union, no healthcare, 80 hour working weeks and 5p an hour wages, with no safety, no breaks no guarantees or job security and as consumers we are often given no guarantees of origin, no independent auditing.

There is a powerful student movement against sweatshops coming into fruition on both sides of the Atlantic. Students have set up the workers rights consortium to monitor companies globally and by asking universities to affiliate to it, we are asking them to "bare all" and uncover the factories that their suppliers use.

We Have already gone far, 186 universities have signed up, $2.5 million dollars have been given to workers in compensation for abuses, 1,200 laid-off workers have their jobs back and Russel athletic have extend the right to unionize for all their factories (find out more ... New York Times and new internationalist .



you don't actually have to get naked just, as demonstrated in the pictures, create the illusion of nudity.

over the next few weeks I'm going to messaging loads of group on campus student societies, sports teams, guild officers, members of staff and the Vice chancellor asking them to take part and show their support. I will keep a running update of groups and individuals helping people getting naked on this blog so keep checking!

talk to you soon

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