Charles Kernaghan from the National Labor Committee sent us this e-mail which we think you'll want to look at.
In a major act of international solidarity, both the 11 ½ million member American Union Movement labor federation in the United States and the Trades Union Congress (TUC) in Britain have released strong statements of solidarity in support of the Bangladeshi garment workers modest demand for a new minimum wage of 35 cents an hour. If the 3 ½ million mostly women garment workers win their wage increase, it will allow them to climb out of misery and at least into poverty.
AFL-CIO Statement:
http://www.aflcio.org/aboutus/thisistheaflcio/ecouncil/ec08052010h.cfm
TUC Statement: : http://www.tuc.org.uk/international/tuc-18317-f0.cfm
Wake-Up Wal-Mart has also launched a massive email letter-writing campaign-pressing Wal-Mart to support the Bangladeshi workers modest demand for a 35-cent-an-hour minimum wage.
Send a letter to Wal-Mart: http://letters.wakeupwalmart.com/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=2237
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