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Corporate Power

Corporate Power Plenary - 13.40 - 14.10am, Saturday 6 November

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If your group has done something you want to shout about to the rest of the network during this session, drop us a line

Corporate Power Breakout Sessions - 14.10 - 15.10pm

What have sweatshops got to do with us?

You’ve seen the news. You know people making clothes, cotton, coke and computers for our use are often treated badly. Poverty wages, physical abuse, 16 hour days and denial of union rights are just the start. But what can we do about it?

  • Justin Baidoo - No Sweat and Young Unite activist who has taken part in some of the biggest anti-sweatshop victories of recent years

  • Tory Bear Top Tory Blogger

  • Nadia Idle - Activism & Outreach Officer at War on Want working on their Love Fashion Hate Sweatshops campaign

  • Edd Bauer - Activist from People & Planet network, who has achieved successes on the Buy Right campaign

Justin Baidoo, No Sweat & young Unite activist

No Sweat activist Justin Baidoo

Top Tory Blogger 'Tory Bear'

Top Tory Blogger ‘Tory Bear’

War on Want campaigner Nadia Idle

War on Want campaigner Nadia Idle


Creative campaigning for human rights

Campaigning can be fun and practical. Get those creative juices flowing and help fight for human rights.

  • Can you make a video, do spoken word, create campaign banners, sing or rap? If so come to this fast-paced workshop and get inventive.

  • Together we’ll make music, and a video which will be shown later in the event and featured on our website.

  • Creative guru Tim Harrison of Aumeta

Human rights on campus: make your uni Buy Right

…with live video link up with Dominican Republic union activist Maritza Vargas

Want to campaign for human rights and against sweatshops on your campus? Want to meet a union activist from the first unionised living wage factory in the world, Alta Gracia? This workshop is for you. A live video link up with Maritza Vargas, a FEDOTRAZONAS union activist from Domincan Republic, followed by a workshop on how you can fight for hers and others’ rights on your campus.

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