Asha
08-01-2005, 04:51 AM
I just got this in an email from a fellow teacher. If anyone is interested, go to the link below to sign the pledge.
JOIN THE 'SEND WAL-MART BACK TO SCHOOL' CAMPAIGN
AFT (American Federation of Teachers) members shopping for back-to-school supplies this summer are invited to sign a pledge that they will not purchase supplies at Wal-Mart in support of a nationwide union campaign to convince the retail giant to become a responsible employer. In the past year alone, Wal-Mart has repeatedly violated child labor laws, abused sweatshop labor in Third World countries, and exploited immigrant labor. Wal-Mart also has a record of discrimination against 2 million female workers and has failed to provide company healthcare coverage to more than 600,000 employees. Part of this effort will be the "Send Wal-Mart Back to School This Summer" campaign, supported by the AFT and the AFL-CIO, asking teachers, school staff and parents to sign a pledge to buy their back-to-school supplies somewhere other than Wal-Mart. On Aug. 10, local AFL-CIO central labor councils and locals of the United Food and Commercial Workers will kick off the campaign with a series of news conferences. To sign the pledge, go to
http://www.unionvoice.org/campaign/WalMart_Pledge.
JOIN THE 'SEND WAL-MART BACK TO SCHOOL' CAMPAIGN
AFT (American Federation of Teachers) members shopping for back-to-school supplies this summer are invited to sign a pledge that they will not purchase supplies at Wal-Mart in support of a nationwide union campaign to convince the retail giant to become a responsible employer. In the past year alone, Wal-Mart has repeatedly violated child labor laws, abused sweatshop labor in Third World countries, and exploited immigrant labor. Wal-Mart also has a record of discrimination against 2 million female workers and has failed to provide company healthcare coverage to more than 600,000 employees. Part of this effort will be the "Send Wal-Mart Back to School This Summer" campaign, supported by the AFT and the AFL-CIO, asking teachers, school staff and parents to sign a pledge to buy their back-to-school supplies somewhere other than Wal-Mart. On Aug. 10, local AFL-CIO central labor councils and locals of the United Food and Commercial Workers will kick off the campaign with a series of news conferences. To sign the pledge, go to
http://www.unionvoice.org/campaign/WalMart_Pledge.