Mucca
Rock n' Roll Doggie FOB
I found this article in the newspaper today..
Wristband effort called 'unethical'
The Province - May 29, 2005
LONDON -- Wristbands sold to raise money for a campaign against world poverty are made in Chinese sweatshops in "slave labour'' conditions.
The shocking conditions and disclosed in confidential "ethical audits" of factories that make the fashionable white wristbands for the Make Poverty History campaign, started by a coalition of more than 400 charities.
Bob Geldof, who last week confirmed a follow-up to the 1985 Live Aid concert -- to coincide with the G8 summet in July -- called for action when he was told.
"The charities should pull out of deals with those companies immediately or set a firm deadline for improvements and pull out if the improvements are not met," Geldof said.
One senior official with a British charity last night described the labour abuses as "deeply shocking."
Hundreds of thousands of wristbands, made in fabric or silicon, have been sold in Britain, with pop stars, soccer players and politicians, including Tony BLiar, seen wearing them.
Each wristband costs one pound, or $2.30 CDN of which 33 cents or 70 pence goes to the charities.
The audit reports obtained by The Sunday Telegraph show that Chinese factories making the silicon versions fall woefully short of accepted ethical standards.
- The Sunday Telegraph
Wristband effort called 'unethical'
The Province - May 29, 2005
LONDON -- Wristbands sold to raise money for a campaign against world poverty are made in Chinese sweatshops in "slave labour'' conditions.
The shocking conditions and disclosed in confidential "ethical audits" of factories that make the fashionable white wristbands for the Make Poverty History campaign, started by a coalition of more than 400 charities.
Bob Geldof, who last week confirmed a follow-up to the 1985 Live Aid concert -- to coincide with the G8 summet in July -- called for action when he was told.
"The charities should pull out of deals with those companies immediately or set a firm deadline for improvements and pull out if the improvements are not met," Geldof said.
One senior official with a British charity last night described the labour abuses as "deeply shocking."
Hundreds of thousands of wristbands, made in fabric or silicon, have been sold in Britain, with pop stars, soccer players and politicians, including Tony BLiar, seen wearing them.
Each wristband costs one pound, or $2.30 CDN of which 33 cents or 70 pence goes to the charities.
The audit reports obtained by The Sunday Telegraph show that Chinese factories making the silicon versions fall woefully short of accepted ethical standards.
- The Sunday Telegraph