16 December 2009
Taking our message to the top
In what was a defining moment for the campaign, Jo Wood and local schoolchildren submitted the names of many thousands of supporters of Love Fashion Hate Sweatshops.
Joined by War on Want's John Hilary, the TV star and students from an East End school handed in a giant t-shirt displaying the faces of supporters behind the largest-ever call for government regulation of the fashion industry.
Since the campaign launched in September, Love Fashion Hate Sweatshops has reached a number of crucial landmarks:
• In October over 24,000 letters were sent by our supporters to the worst fashion retailers demanding they stop sourcing their garments from sweatshops.
• In November more than two thousand of you signed a letter to Primark's CEO which asked the basic question: why won't you ensure your workers receive a living wage?
• And since the campaign launched four months ago a total of 16,419 people have added their names, faces and voices to our mass call for justice for the overseas workers making clothes for the UK street.
What's been common theme linking all these successes? They were driven by you, our supporters. Our simple goal demanding human rights for the men and women has made an impression across the country, including MPs, movie stars and ordinary high street shoppers with a conscience.
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