fights to mark International Women's Day, anti-globalisation campaigners will be targeting Gap stores in towns and cities Wales and also Gap may want to promote a chie image, but it severely workers in DOEs WHICH last inhuman conditions in the needed Third World while persuadinflated prices for its brand level Together with the actions on March 5 against pharmaSUITCHE below), these protests sbow actions. that the movement to globalise resistance is taking 100d in a big way in Britain.
Organising to take people the close Gap fastest-growing those in Seattle, Prague and retailers in the world. Nice will play an important part in the campaign.
At this level the key focus YCal Gap Genoa against the G8 summit on July 20.But what $172.8 obvious activists who turned up to a planning meeting in London month was to think globally and tory in Clearly action at a local allows more people to get direcily involved than numbers who can get to the international Gap, like Nike, is an industry leader which also owns reforms. Banana Republic and Old Navy. It has become one of most prontaDie SHU monitoring to other factories Furthermore, in three years of discussions with clothing sweatshop groups, Gap has failed to do anything about In 1999 its turnover was wakes $11.6 billion of which $l.I Following a meeting with billion was net profit. Last activists, Chief Executive worker making products for in 'salary, Gap should live in poverty, bonuses, and stock options.
step and accept responsibilIn 1993 ap was the target ity for ensuring that workers of an anti-sweatshop campaign the because of union- are paid a living wage. busting in its Mandarin tac- Sand in the Pacie, panio Saipan is Salvador. After successful grassroots mobili- the North Mariana Islands sation, Gap agreed to a mon- which itoring system at that factory are all US territory The island is replete with that continues to this day.
sweatshops, While Gap received good publicity for this move, it the most business failed to implement all the company there - over $200 = put minimal million a year, contracting in resources into the monitor• six factories. ing system and reneged on gertion and label import without its pledge to extend such NOT