BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 X-WR-CALNAME:www.indybay.org PRODID:-//indybay/ical// v1.0//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:Indybay-18735486 SEQUENCE:18839003 CREATED:20130419T212700Z DESCRIPTION:4/25 SF Protest To End Sweatshop Death Traps At SF GAP Headquarters\nThursday: Tell Gap & Walmart to End Sweatshop Death Traps\n\n\nSince 2006, more than 600 Bangladeshi garment workers have died in preventable fires while sewing clothing for companies like Gap and Walmart. 112 workers died in a recent fire at a Walmart supplier and 29 workers died at a Gap supplier, but Gap and Walmart are still refusing to pay for reforms and join with other companies in a binding fire safety agreement that includes independent inspections and worker representation.\n\nOn Thursday, April 25th at noon, join Bangladeshi factory fire survivor Sumi Abedin and Bay Area activists for a rally and protest for global worker safety at the Gap Inc. global headquarters (2 Folsom St. in San Francisco). If you can't make it out in person, you can still show your support by signing the online petition. \n\n"*Learn more and RSVP for the rally. *" [ http://bit.ly/11Lx92F ]\n\n"*Sign the petition. *" [ http://bit.ly/14CkHad ]\n\nHOME > JUSTICE AT WALMART > END DEATH TRAPS: 10 CITY TOUR, APRIL 8-26, 2013\nEND DEATH TRAPS: 10 CITY TOUR, APRIL 8-26, 2013\n\nEVENT\n\n\nApr. 25: Join a Bangladeshi factory fire survivor at GAP: End Sweatshop Death Traps!\n\nApril 25 • 12:00 pm\n\nGAP global headquarters, 2 Folsom St., San Francisco, California\n\nLiana Foxvog (liana@ilrf.org, )\n\nSince 2006, more than 600 Bangladeshi garment workers have died in preventable fires while sewing clothing for companies like Gap and Walmart. 112 workers died in a recent fire at a Walmart supplier and 29 workers died at a Gap supplier, but Gap and Walmart are still refusing to pay for reforms and join with other companies in a binding fire safety agreement that includes independent inspections and worker representation. Until there is real change, any day there could be another factory fire with workers locked inside.\n\nCALL ON THE GAP TO PAY 10 CENTS MORE PER GARMENT & JOIN A FIRE SAFETY AGREEMENT TO SAVE WORKERS' LIVES!\n\nAt the protest, meet:\n\nSUMI ABEDIN is a Bangladeshi garment worker who survived the November 24, 2012, fire that killed 112 of her coworkers at Tazreen Fashions, a factory that supplied Walmart, Disney, Sears, Dickies, and SeanJohn, and produced US Marines logo apparel for Delta Apparel / Soffe. Sumi was working on the 4th floor of the factory at the time of the fire and survived after jumping from the burning building.\n\n"I am going to America to ask the buyers to compensate the affected workers and to improve safety in the factories," Ms. Abedin said in an interview in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, before she left. "No one should die while making clothes."\n\n- Wall Street Journal 4/7/2013\n\nKALPONA AKTER is the executive director of the Bangladesh Center for Worker Solidarity (BCWS), one of Bangladesh's most prominent labor rights advocacy organizations, and is herself a former child garment worker. BCWS is regarded by the international labor rights movement and by multinational apparel companies as among the most effective grassroots labor organizations in the country. Levi Strauss & Co. calls BCWS "a globally respected labor rights organization, which has played a vital role in documenting and working to remedy labor violations in the apparel industry in Bangladesh." Kalpona is an internationally-recognized labor rights advocate and has traveled widely to speak about the deplorable conditions that Bangladesh garment workers face every day. She was interviewed extensively by local and international media following the deadly fire at Tazreen Fashions in November 2012.\n\nThis action is sponsored by Corporate Action Network, International Labor Rights Forum, San Francisco Jobs with Justice, SumOfUs, SweatFree Communities, and United Students Against Sweatshops, and it's part of the "End Gap & Walmart Death Trap Factories: Safe Workplaces for All" 10-city tour, April 8-26, 2013. More info: http://laborrights.org/gappetition and http://bit.ly/EndDeathTrapsTour\n\nSpread the word on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/557689770917918\n https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2013/04/19/18735486.php SUMMARY:4/25 SF Protest To End Sweatshop Death Traps At SF GAP Headquarters LOCATION:Gap World HQ\n2 Folsom St.\nSan Francisco URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2013/04/19/18735486.php DTSTART:20130425T190000Z DTEND:20130425T200000Z END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR