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December
19 , 1997
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SEASON OF CONSCIENCE
* A women sewing Disney
pajamas in Haiti would need
156 years to earn what Disney
CEO Michael Eisner earns in
one hour ($102,000).
* Nike CEO Phillip Knight
has piled up a net worth of
$5.4 billion - not bad from
selling shoes. That averages
out to $18,000 an hour, every
hour, 24 hours a day for the
last 33 years. Meanwhile, a
woman in Vietnam sewing Nike
sneakers will have to work that
same 33 years to make what Knight
racked up in just one hour,
even as he slept.
These facts brought to you
by the Holiday Season of
Conscience campaign, which
urges us to shop responsibly
this season. Skip garments made
by near-slave labor by buying
U.S. made (research shows that
garments made overseas DO NOT
sell for less here -- greedy
corporations just pocket the
money they save by shortchanging
workers). Also look for the
NO SWEAT label, from responsible
companies who guarantee their
garments are 100% free of sweatshop
labor. To learn more , contact
Sweatshop Watch at 212-391-1655;
www.sweatshopwatch.org.
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TARGET TIME WARNER
The Time Warner Company, which
owns the Maverick recording
label, is peddling violence
against women this season. The
album Fat of the Land
by the group Prodigy, has an
opening track titled "Smack
My Bitch Up," (Wal-Mart and
Kmart jettisoned the album,
but Target has requested warning
stickers, which they hope to
have in "about 2 weeks," conveniently
after Christmas.)
NOW and the
Feminist Majority have asked
for a meeting with company officials,
who do not see anything offensive
about the album. If you see
it in stores, tell the retailer
what you think.
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December
5, 1997
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TIME
LISTENS TO WOMEN -- FOR A CHANGE
In response to last week's
alert about Time Magazine's
suggestions for its 100 Most
Important People of the 20th
Century feature (due next March)
being heavily male, WFF
got a call form Time
editor Walter Isaakson. He'd
seen WFF, agreed women were
getting short-shrifted,
and is working to change that.
Time has already promised
to rename the Warriors &
Statesmen category to Leaders
(not done as of yesterday),
and work with Gloria Steinem
as a consultant to beef up its
suggested nominee list to include
more women. Thank Time
editor Walter Isaakson (fax
212-522-9153) for being so responsive
-- and bolster the list yourself
by nominating your fav woman
from the 20th Century at Time
100, Room 2548, Time & Life
Bldg, Rockefeller Center, NY,
NY 10020 [email protected]
or log onto
www.time.com
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YOUR TAX DOLLARS AT WORK
The largest trade mission in
Commerce Department history
leaves today for a week-long
trip to India. And guess what?
NO BUSINESS WOMEN will be
included, because "the selection
panel received no applications
from women that met the appropriate
criteria" (several big-boy donors
will be included). This is the
third trade mission organized
by Commerce Secretary Bill Daley,
who has included only two
women out of approximately 75
participants so far.
Let Daley know these numbers
add up to bad business at 202-482-2112
fax 202-482-2741; e-mail [email protected]
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