Issue No 55 | 26 May 2000 | |
NewsFairWear Campaign Targets Uniforms
Fresh from successful campaigns with fashion designers, schools and surfwear, FairWear is gearing up for a push to ensure that Australian workers wear uniforms free from exploited labour.
Under the campaign, workers would pressure their employers to ensure that uniforms were made in Australia under Australian wages and conditions. FairWaer- an alliance of trade unions and community groups - has successfully campaigned for Australian suppliers to sign the Homeworkers Code of Conduct. The uniform campaign would take this a step further by asking workers in a wide range of industries to take up the case for outworkers directly. This would include places clauses in collective agreements on the purchase of uniforms - effectively making supply of clothing an industrial issue. Textile, Clothing and Footwear Union state secretary Barry Tubner says the move follows growing interest from workplace activist in becoming part of the fairWear campaign. "We believe the time is right for this type of action," Tubner says. A meeting to discusss the campaign will be held at Labor Council on June 8.
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