Press Releases
MEMBERS OF CONGRESS DEMAND END
TO WORKER ABUSE IN GAP FACTORIES WORLDWIDE AS EVIDENCE MOUNTS OF WIDESPREAD INTIMIDATION, EXPLOITATION AND SWEATSHOP CONDITIONS
UNVEIL VIDEO EVIDENCE OF ABUSE AGAINST WORKERS IN AFRICA AND RELEASE REPORT ON WORLDWIDE VIOLATIONS
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Representatives Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), and Nydia Velázquez (D-NY) today released evidence that factory workers who manufacture GAP Inc. clothing in Africa, Central America, and the Caribbean are being exploited, abused, threatened, and in some cases beaten and stabbed.
SCHAKOWSKY FIGHTS FOR QUALITY VETERAN CARE
WASHINGTON, D.C. - During a Government Reform Subcommittee on National Security, Veterans Affairs and International Relations hearing on VA Health Care, U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) said, "we must provide the resources necessary to make sure that all veterans receive the quality medical care that they need and that they deserve."
Schakowsky's full committee hearing statement follows:
SCHAKOWSKY SCORES VICTORY
FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
KEY AMENDMENT APPROVED BY THE HOUSE TO EXPORT-IMPORT BANK BILL
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) today scored a victory for human rights. Following months of intense negotiations with Republicans, the Bush Administration, and the management of the Export-Import bank, the House approved a Schakowsky amendment which states ".the sense of the Congress that detailed information on the potential impact on human rights of proposed Export-Import Bank projects should be available to the management of the bank."
SCHAKOWSKY, DEMOCRATS RALLY AGAINST BUSH PLAN TO RAISE TUITION ON COLLEGE STUDENTS
NEARLY 700,000 STUDENTS PER YEAR WOULD BE AFFECTED
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) and her Democratic colleagues today joined Democratic Leader Dick Gephardt and college students to rally against a proposal by the Bush Administration that would make paying back college loans more expensive.