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Updated 6/8/2004; 1:19:51 PM
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Wednesday, May 05, 2004 |
"Politically correct upstart challenges Nike - No Sweat Apparel uses new sneakers to fight sweatshops"
Jenny Strasburg, Chronicle Staff Writer
Friday, May 7, 2004
full article at
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2004/05/07/BUGAE6H1T91.DTL
Regardless of how sturdy his No Sweat-brand sneakers are, Adam Neiman faces a difficult uphill climb taking on Nike in his latest anti- sweatshop campaign.
Neiman -- a roofer by trade who runs his own company in Newton, Mass. - - is co-founder and chief executive of No Sweat Apparel. The privately held firm last year sold $150,000 worth of T-shirts, jeans and other clothing made by union workers in developing countries, he said.
Its latest product, out this week, has footwear-industry types on their toes. It's a $35 pair of black canvas, rubber-soled sneakers that look like low-rise Converse Chuck Taylors, but lack Converse's trademark star logo.
More remarkable is the one-page flyer that comes in every box.
No Sweat's "labor content disclosure form" offers a new twist in the long- running discussion about fair-labor standards in the globalized footwear industry. The flyer says that unionized workers in Jakarta, Indonesia, made the shoes while earning at least $90 a month -- about 20 percent higher than the minimum wage for the region -- with full medical coverage, meal allowances and other benefits.
The No Sweat website is http://nosweatapparel.com/
11:47:30 AM 
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Confined Space - News and Commentary on Workplace Health & Safety, Labor and Politics
http://spewingforth.blogspot.com/
This resource, in weblog format, is lovingly and tenaciously published by Jordan Barab. Jordan spent 16 years running AFSCME's health and safety program, was a Special Assistant to the Assistant Secretary for OSHA as national Labor Liaison, and consulted for the AFL-CIO Health and Safety Department.
Recent items include "CDC: Trench Collapse Still a Major Problem," "Workplace Deaths Shoot Up in Massachusetts -Management Practices to Blame?," "Kerry Calls For Chem Plant Security," and "GAO Evaluates OSHA’s Voluntary Programs -You Too Can Volunteer To Keep Your Employees Safe."
This site is decidedly partisan concerning the rights of workers to come home every day with all their fingers and toes. He pulls no punches, and can be equally critical of labor, management, and government.
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