Student action on world poverty and the environment And we are the Birmingham group! FOOD CO-OP: cheap and ethical food. We have super-fantastic socials.
People and Planet is the largest student network in Britain campaigning to end world poverty, defend human rights and protect the environment. Birmingham People and Planet meet every Wednesday at 3-4pm in the Green Room in the Guild of Students. We then more often than not go for a nice drink in Joes :)
Our main campaigns this year are:
BUY RIGHT: campaigning against sweatshops made products bei
20/10/2015
Kim Mi-seon, 'I didn’t think I would one day be unable to recognize my own mother.' find out how workers are fighting back against poisoning in the Electronics Industry http://ow.ly/TDhjv
Infirm former Samsung workers slam company response Victims and activists call for corporate accountability, not just payouts, as talks with Samsung resume
13/10/2015
This story isn't going away. More and more media are picking it up as are more and more students. Just last week students from around Europe held actions demanding that their Universities and colleges stand in solidarity with forced student labour in China. Students and activists have one simply message Sweatshop Free means solidarity. Get your university and college to join Electronics Watch http://ow.ly/TkOZz
The Secret Weapon for Cutting Costs at Chinese Factories? Interns “We are standing at the assembly line the whole day, doing the same task again and again. It has nothing to do with my education,” says Xu Min, a...
07/10/2015
Leeds Beckett has students involved in the day of . How long before Leeds Beckett University joins ?
07/10/2015
Students and Union officers at the University of Manchester have been telling their uni to make electronics labouring . If you are running an campaign or just want to support it get on twitter and tell us why.
07/10/2015
Weather is miserable but students are demanding for electronics labourers
07/10/2015
If you're feeling a bit confused about what the day of and is then watch this short vid http://ow.ly/T770k
Electronics Watch: Why should my University join? Ever wondered what Electronics Watch is? "Electronics Watch is an independent monitoring organization working to achieve respect for labour rights...
Wow! This is Sussex students demanding that there university joins What are you doing for the day of lets keep the ball rolling folks! http://ow.ly/T755X
07/10/2015
1st action is in and is demanding affiliate what are you doing for ?
06/10/2015
Guardian now reporting on the Forced Student Labour. We are getting good coverage but what we really need is action.
Luckily for us the Sweatshop Free Day of Action is going on TOMORROW!
Doesn't matter if you want to do a big action or just take a photo.
http://ow.ly/T4MVm
HP and Dell suspend use of interns in Chinese factories HP and Dell are investigating the use of Chinese students to make servers for European universities, but what about the rest?
06/10/2015
1 day to go for the Sweatshop Free Day of Action... What are you doing for it? http://ow.ly/T44jO
05/10/2015
The new report into forced student labour is getting a lot of media traction. Read more here http://ow.ly/T23ke
'Xu Min said: “We are standing at the assembly line the whole day, doing the same task again and again. It has nothing to do with my education. None of us want to be here. We are all depressed, but we have no choice, because the school told us that if we refused, we would not get our diploma. The work is exhausting.'
Want to do something about it? Join the Day of Action this Wednesday https://www.facebook.com/events/1678234592409180/
'The problem of forced student labour in the electronics industry is... Students have been producing goods for HP, Dell and Lenovo
05/10/2015
Check out our shocking report: the computers used by UK universities have been made by forced student labour in China. Take action on campus on the Sweatshop Free day of action on Wednesday, the Day of , and call on UK universities to join http://ow.ly/T1A13
Report claims UK universities buying goods made with forced labour in China UNIVERSITIES across the UK, as well as throughout Europe, are purchasing electronics manufactured through forced labour, according to a new report...