Date of publication: August 29, 2007
Source: San Francisco Bay Guardian
Author: G.W. Schulz
When San Francisco took the national lead in eschewing consumer products made by workers forced to endure unsavory working conditions, Mayor Gavin Newsom positioned himself front and center on the issue.
Along with Sup. Tom Ammiano, Newsom coauthored the nation's toughest municipal ordinance on the matter, requiring that the city and county of San Francisco purchase garments for its firefighters, police officers, Muni drivers, and others from manufacturers that can prove they don't subcontract with sweatshops or mistreat workers themselves...