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Monthly Archives: March 2010
Greenpeace – Nestle, Orang-Utan and Palm Oil
Find out more about this controversial advert.
Stop the Sex Traffik
The Justice and International Mission (JIM) Unit is involved in Stop the Traffik campaign which counters people trafficking, slavery and sexual exploitation. JIM is happy to hear that the Minister for Home Affairs, Brendan O’Connor, has announced the passage of …
Suspended sentences in Victoria
The Herald Sun is again raising the issue of suspended sentences in Victoria – negatively highlighting that these sentences are ‘on the rise’. The Director of JIM wrote a published letter (country edition) to the Herald Sun about this, which …
A Roadtrip to MAKEPOVERTYHISTORY
What’s the Roadtrip? From 8-14 May 2010, 1,000 young people will participate on a road trip across the nation to Canberra in what could become the largest ever youth-run campaign of its kind. Departing from 7 cities, the MAKEPOVERTYHISTORY Roadtrip …
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FairWear Campaign Meeting
Join the campaign to advocate for garment outworker rights in Victoria and Australia, with support for international garment worker campaigns. FairWear Victoria is focusing on new campaigns to address outworkers’ pay and conditions in the 2010s. Unions, community groups and …
Posted in Just Employment, Just Stuff
Tagged community, FairWear, FairWear Victoria, garment worker, homeworker, Mark Riley, outworker, union
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Killed – 21 employees of a garment factory in Bangladesh
Following a horrific factory fire that killed 21 employees of a garment factory in Bangladesh, the factory workers are demanding swift reforms, a criminal investigation and compensation for the victims. Support these workers’ demands by writing to the Government of Bangladesh and international fashion brands sourcing from this factory.
Make the Fairtrade choice this Easter!
Chocolate — it’s a little indulgence that brightens our day but did you know the chocolate you choose can also help brighten the future for thousands of cocoa farmers and their families in developing countries? When you choose Fairtrade Certified …
An alternative to Australian Christian Lobby?
Help shape the agenda! Social Policy Connections invites you to a Consultation on Election Priorities 2010 You are warmly invited to join this consultation on SPC policies and priorities 10am – 1 pm, Saturday 20 March at the Study Centre, …
Nestle faces co-ordinated international industrial action
The Justice and International Mission Unit of the Uniting Church has been highlighting corporate responsibility issues relating to Nestle for some time now (in areas such as unethical marketing of infant formula and their actions in the Philippines). According to …
Posted in Just Stuff
Tagged AAWL, Australia Asia Worker Links, IUF, Nespressure, Nestlé
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Quote for the week…
What I’ve learned from Dr. King and Dorothy Day is modesty—one does what one can and lets the results go. … The closer we are to biblical wisdom, the less consumed we will be about proving ourselves and about ego …
Posted in Just Stuff
Tagged Bible, celebrity, Daniel Berrigan, Dorothy Day, FBI, humility, Jesuit, Martin Luther King, peace, quote, Sojourners, war
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