Instead of our usual happy hour this week we'll be checking out the kick-off event for the Sweat Free Ordinance that will go before the San Francisco Board of Supervisors this month. See the below announcement for more information.

Also, Drinking Liberally will begin meeting on Tuesdays next week instead of Thursdays. Same time and place as usual, Doc's Clock at 7PM.

-Susan Harrison, sf@drinkingliberally.org SWEATFREE BAY AREA CAMPAIGN KICK OFF

Thursday, March 3, 7PM

New College, 777 Valencia Street
San Francisco

Speakers:

Robert Ross, author of Slaves to Fashion
Chie Abad, former sweatshop worker

with special guest performances

DON’T LET YOUR CITY’S TAX DOLLARS GO TO SWEATSHOPS!

Support the sweat free government procurement legislation that will come for a vote before the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in March. This law will prevent the city from purchasing goods produced in sweatshops, and help improve wages and working conditions for workers around the world.

Robert Ross is Professor of Sociology, Faculty Director, and Director of the International Studies Stream at Clark University. He is a leading scholar on sweatshop conditions in the American apparel industry and its relations to sweatshop conditions around the world. His latest work is Slaves to Fashion: poverty and abuse in the new sweatshops .

Carmencita "Chie" Abad spent six years as a garment worker on the Pacific island of Saipan, a U.S. territory. She endured wretched conditions, frequently working 14-hour shifts in order to meet arbitrary production quotas for her employer. Chie was instrumental in forcing 26 major retailers to settle a lawsuit in September 2002 to improve conditions in Saipan.

Contact 415-558-6938, valerie@globalexchange.org