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Article: Reps. Schakowsky, Miller Call On U.S. Olympic Committee to RespectWorkers' Rights; Oxfam, AFL-CIO Support Bill to Clean Up Sportswear

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August 2, 2004
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WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The International agency Oxfam and the AFL-CIO today expressed their support for H.R. 4988, the "Play Fair at the Olympics Act," introduced in the House of Representatives by Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.), senior Democrat on the Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection Subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, and Rep. George Miller (D-Calif.), senior Democrat on the Education and the Workforce Committee.

The "Play Fair at the Olympics Act" would instruct the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) to require companies that obtain Olympics licenses to observe international labor standards.

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