Date of publication: August 29, 2007
Source: The Portland Mercury
Author: Scott Moore
Speaking of exploited teens! It looks like the city will finally move forward on a plan to buy all city products from suppliers who don't use sweatshop labor. Sam Adams' office and the Sweat-Free Coalition have come to an agreement—city council will create a policy group that will come up with a final ordinance, and the city will give $20,000 to Sweatfree Communities Inc., a consortium that will monitor the city's suppliers.
At the start of this morning's session, a three-person city council is set to hear and vote on a long-discussed Sweatfree Resolution. The policy has been in the works for at least a year, with sweatfree activists and Sam Adams' office frequently having a hard time agreeing on many of its details...