Date of publication: November 10, 2009
Source: The Pittsfield Gazette
Regulating conditions of workers who create city-purchased garments should not be accomplished through an ordinance, several city councilors stated this week.
During a Monday meeting of the ordinances & rules subcommittee, a proposed “sweatshop” law detoured back to the city solicitor for a makeover into a less formal “policy.”
The “sweatshop” initiative — based on laws enacted in other municipalities — was first proposed locally by Rinaldo Del Gallo III. Liana Foxvog, an activist supporting such laws, has travelled to Pittsfield to promote the discussion...