Already, our guests have spoken to hundreds of people--students, union
members, elected officials, the media, sharing their personal stories
and inviting people in the U.S. to support their struggles:

Savin Phal, from Cambodia, is a mother of five who was recently fired
from her job at the King's Land factory sewing Wal-Mart brand clothing
because she tried to organize a union. Now she is the vice president of
a local union with the Coalition of Cambodian Apparel Workers
Democratic Union (C.CAWDU).

Didier Leiton, from Costa Rica, worked for 18 years harvesting
pineapples and bananas from Dole, Del Monte, and Chiquita. He was also
fired for his union organizing. For the last seven years he has worked
as an organizer with SITRAP, the union of agricultural and plantation
workers in Costa Rica.

One of the most powerful stops on our tour so far was the very first
night. We took Savin and Didier to a Wal-Mart Supercenter for the first
time. We surveyed the aisles looking for products that Didier or Savin
may have made with their own hands. It was like a scavenger
hunt--looking at the t-shirt labels until Savin recognized one as the
kind they make in her factory, or until we found a label that read
"Made in Cambodia." Savin pointed out that the cost of the shirt --
$8.00 -- was 7 times what she makes for one day of work, producing
hundreds of garments each day.

You can support Savin's and Didier's struggles by:

• communicating directly with Wal-Mart and demanding that the world's
  largest corporation take responsibility for ensuring good working
  conditions for the workers who have made the company rich.
  www.laborrights.org
• getting in touch with C.CAWDU in Cambodia (ccawdu.typepad.com) and SITRAP in Costa Rica to support their work (www.sitrap.com)
• ask your governor to stop spending your tax dollars on uniforms and other goods that are made in sweatshops. www.sweatfree.org

And spread the word about our upcoming events to your friends in Ohio and Michigan! www.sweatfree.org/events_workertour

For more information or to get involved, contact Vicki at 574-975-6207 or vicki [at] sweatfree.org