Date: Fri, 16 May 1997 07:21:07 +0200
Subject: M-G: Disney exploiting child labour


I saw this on Labor-L.

Cheers,

Hugh

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Date: Sun, 11 May 1997 21:49:35 +0000
From: Jagdish Parikh <jagdish-AT-igc.apc.org>
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Date:          Sun, 11 May 1997 14:30:55 -0700 (PDT)
To:            clr-AT-igc.org

MAY 12, 1997 DAY OF ELECTRONIC ACTIVISM On May 12, 1997 the Communications
Workers of America will launch a new section of their web site with a Day
of Electronic Activism. The site is devoted to the fight for jobs with
justice at Disney companies and their inexcusable treatment of their
employees at ABC and in foreign sweatshops.

What you will do at the site:

-Send a message to Disney CEO Michael Eisner protesting union
busting at ABC and labor abuses abroad - Disney is demanding
take-backs from workers, including the elimination of company
pension contributions.  The company also employed a contractor in
Thailand who exploited 13 and 14 year old children by hiring them
to sew Disney clothes.

-Send an email to Members of Congress asking them to close a tax
loophole by which Disney will avoid paying $600 million in
capital gains taxes - this translates to $5 per taxpayer.

-Send an email to major advertisers on the ABC television network
letting them know that you do not want to patronize their
businesses if they continue to bankroll Disney - A 12 year old
girl was found working in a Los Angeles factory that manufactures
Disney products.  How can advertisers support this sort of
abhorrent behavior?

Play the Disney Activist Trivia Game to Win a Prize!

Visit: www.cwa-union.org and CLICK on *Be An Electronic Activist*.

SEND THIS MESSAGE TO YOUR E-MAIL LISTS AND HAVE THOSE LISTS DO THE
SAME!  IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT WE SHOW ABC-DISNEY THAT UNFAIR
PRACTICES CAN YIELD A VERY HIGH PRICE.

REMEMBER:  ON MAY 12, JOIN NABET/CWA FOR A DAY OF ELECTRONIC
ACTIVISM!

For more information, email cwa-AT-capcon.net or visit our Web Site
at http://www.cwa-union.org




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