Updating Our Database & List Of Film Screenings

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CLR Labor Alert posted April 25, 2002

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• We are updating our database - help us out by sending your updated contact information!
• Looking Behind the Labels Week of Film Screenings - over 30 venues across the country

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LOOKING BEHIND THE LABELS WEEK OF FILM SCREENINGS - OVER 30 VENUES ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

Campaign For Labor Rights, in collaboration with Witness, United Students Against Sweatshops (USAS), Behindthelabel.org, and UNITE! - has organized a coordinated week of screenings of a new film on sweatshop conditions on the US territory of Saipan. Thanks to those of you who are organizing screenings in your communities - below is a list of venues across the country.

The week of screenings and actions is called, "Looking Behind the Labels Week." During the week of April 24 - May 1 there will be over 30 screenings across the country on campuses and in communities, as well as a national media outreach campaign. Three weeks after the screenings week there will be a screening on Capitol Hill sponsored by Rep. George Miller (CA). Actions supported by the partners on the week include initiatives targeting the Gap for sweatshop practices.

For more information and a contact-person for more details on any of these screenings of 'Behind the Labels: Garment Workers on US Saipan' email witness_sweatshops@hotmail.com mailto:witness_sweatshops@hotmail.com and ask about a specific screening.

LIST OF SCREENINGS:
(a number of additional screenings are scheduled for the Fall of this year)

Moraga, CA - St. Mary's College, April 25
San Francisco, CA - University of San Francisco, April 29
Washington DC - George Washington University, April 30
Washington DC - AFL-CIO, May 1
Washington DC - Congressional Screening, May 25
Clinton, IA - multiple dates and venues
Chicago, IL - Local 375
Palatine, IL - Fremd Highschool, April 25
Bloomington, IN - Indiana University, April 26
Manchester, IN - Manchester College, April 30
Muncie, IN - Ball State University, April 27
Baltimore, MD - Loyola College, April 24
Cedar, MI - Northern Michigan College, April 25
East Lansing, MI - Michigan State University, April 23
Holland, MI - Hope College, April 11
Lansing, MI - Lansing Community College, April 25
Chapel Hill, NC - UNC Chapel Hill, April 17
Charlotte, NC - April 30
Binghamton, NY - SUNY Binghamton, April 26
Buffalo, NY - University of Buffalo, May 1
NYC, NY - Bard College, NYC Annex, April 29
Rochester, NY - University of Rochester, April 26
St. Bonaventure, NY - St. Bonaventure University, April 25
Akron, OH -- University of Akron, April 29, 30
Eugene, OR - local book store, April 10
Bensalem, PA - Holy Ghost Prep School
Philadelphia, PA - May 1
Pittsburg, PA -- Carnegie-Mellon University, April 30
Villanova, PA - Villanova University, May 1
Olympia, WA - Traditions Cafe, May 1

"Behind the Labels: Garment Workers in US Saipan," by WITNESS and Director/Producer Tia Lessin, with narration by Susan Sarandon, exposes how thousands of Chinese and Filipina women pay high fees to work in the garment factories on the Pacific island of Saipan - the only U.S. territory exempt from U.S. federal minimum wage and immigration laws. The clothing they sew, bearing the 'Made in the USA' label, is shipped duty and quota free to the U.S. for sale by the GAP, J. Crew, Polo, and other retailers. Hidden camera footage and garment worker's personal stories, reveal a world of indentured labor on the US territory of Saipan, where 14 hour shifts, payless pay days and lockdowns are routine. "Behind the Labels" takes the story from the sweatshop floor to the streets, where protesters across the US and throughout the U.S. and throughout the world, wage an ongoing battle against irresponsible globalization.

~ Contact WITNESS if you would still like to organize a screening in your community. Tapes cost $50 within the US, $75 outside the US. To receive a tape, contact orders@witness.org mailto:orders@witness.org .

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