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Ohio city adopts policy refusing to buy goods made in sweatshops. (North Olmsted's unprecedented ban to affect municipal uniforms, sports equipment)(Brief Article)
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February 21, 1997
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NEW YORK -- The city of North Olmsted, Ohio, has made labor history.
This week, according to its mayor and to UNITE, it became the first U.S. municipality to adopt an official policy barring the purchase of goods produced in sweatshops.
North Olmsted's City Council passed the resolution that prohibits the city from purchasing, renting or leasing uniforms or other goods that "have been manufactured under sweatshop conditions and/or through the exploitation of workers and/or the abuse of child labor."
Mayor Ed Boyle, who proposed the legislation, said the resolution is "only the first step in this important fight against sweatshops."
"We now intend to aggressively ...
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