The
No Sweat Shop Label and
Homeworkers Code of Practice:
Eliminating Sweatshop Conditions in Australia
"Homeworkers in Australia typically
work 12 - 18 hour days, six or seven days a week, for about
one third of the award rate of pay. It is not uncommon to
find outworkers receiving $2.00 an hour and sometimes less."
Would you like this next to your bedroom?
Odds are, if you live in a residential area controlled
by the Liverpool, Fairfield, Bankstown, Penrith or South
Sydney Councils, it will happen.
Taking
the rap for fashion 'slaves' Sacked Honduran sweatshop
worker makes mogul face music
Gary Younge in New York
Thursday October 30, 2003
The Guardian
