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DESCRIPTION:A protest will be held at the GAP Shareholder's meeting at 9:30 AM on 
 Tuesday to demand justice for Bangladesh garment workers\n\n5/21 SF Protest 
 At GAP Shareholder's Meeting\n\nMEDIA ADVISORY FOR MAY 21, 
 2013\n\nContacts:\nGarrett Strain, United Students Against Sweatshops, 
 garrett@usas.org, 817-964-9836\nLiana Foxvog, International Labor Rights 
 Forum, liana@ilrf.org, 413-320-7276\n\nWorkers’ Rights Groups to Protest 
 at Gap Shareholder Meeting\nCampaigners Escalate Pressure Calling on 
 Company to Sign \nAccord on Fire and Building Safety in 
 Bangladesh\n\nWashington DC – United Students Against Sweatshops and the 
 International Labor Rights Forum, working together with consumers, 
 students, and local labor rights and human rights groups, will hold a 
 demonstration in front of the Gap shareholder meeting on May 21, to call on 
 the company to sign onto the Accord on Fire and Building Safety in 
 Bangladesh.\n\nEighteen companies have signed onto the Accord, including 
 some of the largest buyers of clothing from Bangladesh.  However, only one 
 of these companies is a U.S. company, PVH Corp., the owner of the Tommy 
 Hilfiger and Calvin Klein brands.  Other signatories are European 
 companies: Aldi, Benetton, C&A, Carrefour, El Corte Inglés, G-Star, H&M, 
 Helly Hansen, Inditex (Zara), KIK, M&S, Mango, N. Brown group, Primark, 
 Stockmann, Tesco, and Tchibo.\n\nThe Gap demonstration is part of an 
 escalating series of protest activities. During the past month, over one 
 million people have signed petitions calling on Gap and other global 
 corporations to adopt meaningful factory safety in Bangladesh, and hundreds 
 of consumers have held demonstrations at Gap and Walmart stores in major 
 cities around the United States. Last week, United Students Against 
 Sweatshops and International Labor Rights Forum launched a new website, 
 titled gapdeathtraps.com, with store manager letters, flyers, chants, and 
 petitions, for consumers to take action at Gap stores across the 
 country.\n\n“Too many workers have died in Bangladesh, and Gap has 
 blocked real reform at every turn – ever since 29 workers were killed 
 during a fire at their supplier factory in 2010. These workers were trapped 
 inside; some were burned alive and others died jumping from the upper 
 floors to escape the flames,” said Garrett Strain, International 
 Campaigns Coordinator with United Students Against Sweatshops. “These 
 protests are the next stage in a growing international campaign for Gap to 
 take real responsibility for the safety of their workers – and we won’t 
 stop until they do.”\n\n“Instead of continuing to develop more 
 elaborate voluntary, self-regulatory approaches in the same vein as the 
 ones that they and other brands have used for two decades in Bangladesh, 
 Gap needs to join with other companies in the legally-binding Bangladesh 
 safety accord in order to save lives,” said Judy Gearhart, Executive 
 Director of the International Labor Rights Forum.\n\nWHAT: Demonstration to 
 demand that Gap sign onto the Accord on Fire and Building Safety in 
 Bangladesh to prevent the next deadly disaster in the Bangladesh garment 
 industry\n\nWHEN: Tuesday, May 21, 2013, 9:30am PT\n\nWHERE: GAP 
 Headquarters, 2 Folsom Street, San Francisco, CA 94105\n\nSUPPORTERS 
 INCLUDE: Friends of South Asia, Global Exchange, International Labor Rights 
 Forum, San Francisco Jobs with Justice, and United Students Against 
 Sweatshops\n\n------------------------------------------\n\nUnited Students 
 Against Sweatshops (USAS) is North America’s largest student-run campaign 
 organization, with affiliated organizations on over 150 college campuses 
 advocating for the rights of workers on our campuses, in our communities 
 and making our college apparel.\n\nInternational Labor Rights Forum (ILRF), 
 based in Washington, DC, is an advocacy organization dedicated to achieving 
 just and humane treatment for workers worldwide.\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2013/05/19/18737086.php
SUMMARY:SF Protest At GAP Shareholder's Meeting
LOCATION:GAP Headquarters, 2 Folsom Street, San Francisco, CA 94105
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2013/05/19/18737086.php
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