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Olympic Games - ask your MP to sign EDM 2951 and EDM 2969

Categories: Articles:Human Rights | Published: 30/04/2012 | Views: 1960
EDM 2951: Greenwash Gold
EDM 2969: Ethical Trading Standards and the London 2012 Olympics
please ask your MP to sign both EDM's. find out who your MP is at http://www.writetothem.com/


EDM 2951: Greenwash Gold 2012
 That this House welcomes the launch by Bhopal Medical Appeal, London Mining Network and UK Tar Sands Network of the Greenwash Gold 2012 awards exposing the record of environmental destruction and human rights abuses of the companies BP, Rio Tinto and Dow, which are major sponsors of the 2012 Olympics; and urges the Olympic authorities to bring forward reforms of the process by which Olympic sponsors are selected so that known polluters and human rights abusers are never allowed to tarnish the image of the Olympics again.
Primary sponsor: John McDonnell, date tabled: 16/04/2012

EDM 2969: Ethical Trading Standards and the London 2012 Olympics
That this House is concerned about press reports that UK Olympians will be asked to wear sporting equipment produced by exploited child labour; is further concerned that successful Olympians will be presented with medals produced by multi-national company Rio Tinto who have locked out their entire workforce in Alma, Quebec without any serious consultation; and, therefore calls on the Government and the Olympics governing body to ensure that ethical trading standards will be maintained during a hopefully successful Olympics in the UK.
Primary sponsor: Jim Sheridan, date tabled: 17/04/2012
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