Links
Link up with an organisation in your part of the world that is campaigning to bring an end to sweatshops. This page is a work in progress, so please let us know if we've missed your anti-sweatshop group.
- International
- Asia
- Australia
- Europe
- USA & Canada
- Other sites you should know about
Sites listed on this page are not necessarily endorsed by Oxfam Australia: please read our policy on links
International
- Play Fair - a global campaign challenging sports brands, sporting bodies and national governments to respect workers rights in the sportswear sector.
Asia
A lot of the Asian groups involved in the anti-sweatshop movement don't have websites. Here's some who do:
- Asia Monitor Resource Centre (Hong Kong)
- China Labour Bulletin (Hong Kong)
- Hong Kong Christian Industrial Committee (Hong Kong)
- Thai Labour Campaign (Thailand)
- Transnationals Information Exchange - Asia (Indonesia)
Australia
NikeWatch is based in Australia. Why not join one of our email lists and get involved. Please Email us if you have any questions.
We'd also strongly encourage you to get involved in Fair Wear – a coalition of churches, unions and community groups campaigning to stop the exploitation of homeworkers here in Australia.
Europe
The Clean Clothes Campaign is a fantastic network of organisations right across Europe and the UK who are campaigning to make clothes "clean" of exploitation. They are also involved in the Nike campaign. We'd encourage you to check out the site and link up with the group nearest you. Groups involved include:
- Women Working Worldwide (United Kingdom)
- Labour Behind the Label (United Kingdom)
USA & Canada
There are a lot of groups right across North America involved in campaigns for human rights in sportswear and other industries. Here's a sample:
- United Students Against Sweatshops (United States)
- Campaign for Labor Rights (United States)
- Global Exchange(United States)
- BehindTheLabel.org(United States)
- Maquila Solidarity Network (Canada)
- Educating for Justice (United States)
- Human Rights for Workers page (United States)
- Worker Rights Consortium – (United States)
- Maquiladora Health & Safety Support Network Newsletter (United States)
- International Labor Rights Fund (United States)
- Vietnam Labor Watch (United States)
Other sites you should know about
- International Confederation of Free Trade Unions
- International Committee for Trade Union Rights
- Labour Start - the international labour and activist website
- Asia Pacific Research Network
- PR Watch (United States)
- IBON Research Foundation (Philippines)
- United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (Switzerland)
- The Bretton Woods Project
- Focus on the Global South (Thailand)
- Corporate Watch (United States)
- Multinational Monitor (United States)
- McSpotlight (United Kingdom)
