Links
Campaigning & Workers' Rights Organisations
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No Sweat
aim to make solidarity with sweatshop workers and their organisations, help unionise sweatshops in Britain, and publicise, expose and help stamp out sweatshop employment.
http://www.nosweat.org.uk/
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Homeworkers Worldwide (HWW)
Homeworkers Worldwide is a membership organisation which is part of the international solidarity network of homebased workers' organisations and others who support the rights of homebased workers to decent workign and living conditions.
http://www.homeworkersww.org.uk -
Women Working Worldwide (WWW)
supports women workers in the global economy through information exchange and international networking.
http://www.woman-ww.org -
Labour Behind the Label (LBL)
UK members of the international Clean Clothes Campaign.
http://www.labourbehindthelabel.org -
Clean Clothes Campaign (CCC)
aims to improve working conditions in the garment industry worldwide. Carries out research, publishes reports and campaigns to improve the conditions.
http://www.cleanclothes.org -
Fair Pay Network
The Fair Pay Network is a national coalition working to change the climate of opinion about low pay in the UK. FPN promotes national concern to achieve better, fairer pay levels for all workers.
http://www.fairpaynetwork.org/
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Maquila Solidarity Network (MSN)
promotes solidarity with groups in Mexico, Central America and Asia organising in Maquiladora factories and export processing zones to improve conditions and win a living wage.
http://www.maquilasolidarity.org/ -
Tescopoly
Tescopoly is an alliance of organisations concerned about the market-distorting power of the major supermarkets.Tescopoly campaigns to protect famers and workers worldwide, local shops and the environment.
http://www.tescopoly.org.uk/ -
Lets Clean Up Fashion
This campaign website, set up by Labour Behind the Label, gives you in depth information on major high street chains and what they are doing - if anything - to improve conditions for workers in their supply chains. The site also lets you know what you can do to persuade companies to take the conditions of their workers more seriously.
http://www.cleanupfashion.co.uk/ -
asda watch
A site giving details of campaigns to improve the working practices of supermarket giants.
http://www.asdawatch.org -
Royal Association for Disability & Rehabilitation (RADAR)
supports local and national disability organisations, campaigns for improvements in disabled people's lives and provides information to support indepenedence and equality for disabled people.
http://www.radar.org.uk