Date of publication: September 12, 2007
Source: Willamette Week
Author: Dan Denvir
Letter to the Editor
I was surprised and slightly confused when I saw that Willamette Week attempted to stake out a position to the left of workers' rights advocates, accusing us of "surrender" in the campaign for a sweatshop-free purchasing policy for the City of Portland ["Sweat Surrender," Sept. 5, 2007].
Labor rights activists in Portland, overwhelmingly volunteers, initiated this campaign over a year ago because we care about workers' rights around the world. We are confident that the Sweatfree Resolution passed in City Hall—which directs the City Council to pass a sweatfree ordinance within a year—is a firm step in this direction...