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Scottish Fairtrade Forum - Take the Schoolwear Campaign to Westminster

Categories: Articles:Trade Justice (Fair Trade) | Published: 03/03/2012 | Views: 1955

E mail Action. We have an opportunity at the Westminster Parliament to further one of the core aims of the Fairtrade Schoolwear Campaign, raising awareness of issues in the supply of cotton.  Early Day Motion 1284  "Human Rights and the Cotton Production Industry in Uzbekistan" refers to the hundreds of thousands of children forced to pick cotton in Uzbekistan. We need people to ask their MPs to sign the EDM. If enough sign, it could lead to a debate. Details of the EDM here. There is also information on the Environmental Justice Foundation website.  Only five Scottish MPs have signed the EDM so far:

 



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