Monday, 1 March 2010
Vancouver Olympics end, Play Fair 2012 Campaign begins
A prompt and timely email notice from our friends at the Maquila Solidarity Network:
"As the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Games wraps up the Playfair 2012 coalition has launched its campaign for an ethical London Summer Olympic Games. Playfair 2012 wants the organizers of the London Olympics to ensure that workers making sportswear for the 2012 Games won’t be working in appalling and degrading conditions, and that all Olympic-branded goods will be ethically produced."
"As the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Games wraps up the Playfair 2012 coalition has launched its campaign for an ethical London Summer Olympic Games. Playfair 2012 wants the organizers of the London Olympics to ensure that workers making sportswear for the 2012 Games won’t be working in appalling and degrading conditions, and that all Olympic-branded goods will be ethically produced."
Labels: 2010 Olympics, 2012 Olympics
Wednesday, 13 January 2010
On eve of Vancouver Games, MSN/PlayFair campaign launch website rating sportswear brands on worker rights
This morning, Kevin Thomas of the Maquila Solidarity Network was on CIUT's Take 5 to talk about the launch of the Play Fair website:
"With the Vancouver Winter Olympic Games only weeks away, an international coalition of worker rights organizations has released its rating of commitments made by major sportswear brands to eliminate sweatshop abuses in their global supply chains. The ratings are based on the responses of the sportswear companies, including Nike, Adidas, Puma and others, to a series of demands put forward by the coalition on the eve of the 2008 Beijing Olympics."
It's a complicated business, but sounds like the report has done it justicc - definately worth checking out.
"With the Vancouver Winter Olympic Games only weeks away, an international coalition of worker rights organizations has released its rating of commitments made by major sportswear brands to eliminate sweatshop abuses in their global supply chains. The ratings are based on the responses of the sportswear companies, including Nike, Adidas, Puma and others, to a series of demands put forward by the coalition on the eve of the 2008 Beijing Olympics."
It's a complicated business, but sounds like the report has done it justicc - definately worth checking out.
Labels: 2010 Olympics, Maquila Solidarity Network, sweatshops
Monday, 28 September 2009
Tinto Events: Visual Voices for a Better Toronto & About the Olympics
Two events worth checking out at Tinto Coffee House:
Libra Information Services and TorontoTheBetter presents Visual Voices for a Better Toronto: An exhibit of photographs that represent a better Toronto until October 7.
Plus, Vancouver 2010 means Olympic Games. But what does that mean?...
Come to Tinto on Wednesday, September 30th at 7 pm to share some of the wealth of valuable information and insight into the many implications of the games for Vancouver and beyond.
Hear it all from John Richmond. John lives in Toronto but he grew up in Vancouver. He is now back to Toronto from an extended stay in the region. He'll tell us about the people and places that are going to be impacted by the long-lasting but already palpable effects of the games.
John says that the people know what the games means for them, and so does the government. And they are both taking steps, because the effects of the Olympics, which would normally only become apparent after the event, are already leaving their mark.
Join us, for free, to hear it from John Richmond and engage in a dialogue and discussion that is sure to be informing and thought-provoking.
Libra Information Services and TorontoTheBetter presents Visual Voices for a Better Toronto: An exhibit of photographs that represent a better Toronto until October 7.
Plus, Vancouver 2010 means Olympic Games. But what does that mean?...
Come to Tinto on Wednesday, September 30th at 7 pm to share some of the wealth of valuable information and insight into the many implications of the games for Vancouver and beyond.
Hear it all from John Richmond. John lives in Toronto but he grew up in Vancouver. He is now back to Toronto from an extended stay in the region. He'll tell us about the people and places that are going to be impacted by the long-lasting but already palpable effects of the games.
John says that the people know what the games means for them, and so does the government. And they are both taking steps, because the effects of the Olympics, which would normally only become apparent after the event, are already leaving their mark.
Join us, for free, to hear it from John Richmond and engage in a dialogue and discussion that is sure to be informing and thought-provoking.
Labels: 2010 Olympics, Libra Information Services, Tinto Coffee House, TorontoTheBetter.net
Wednesday, 18 February 2009
Canadian Olympic Committee bans "Right to Play" from Vancouver games
A recent Canadian Press report confirms that the international humanitarian organization Right to Play, which uses sport and play programs to improve health, develop life skills and foster peace for children and communities in some of the world's most disadvantaged areas, has been told by the International Olympic Committee it is not welcomed at the Vancouver 2010 Winter Games, or future Olympics.
Apparently this is due to conflicting sponsors. And back in October 2008, the We Move To Canada blog commented:
"Of all the profit-motivated, corporate-ass-kissing, petty, uncharitable decisions an Olympic organizing committee has made, this surely ranks at the top of the charts."
Apparently this is due to conflicting sponsors. And back in October 2008, the We Move To Canada blog commented:
"Of all the profit-motivated, corporate-ass-kissing, petty, uncharitable decisions an Olympic organizing committee has made, this surely ranks at the top of the charts."
Labels: 2010 Olympics
