 We are proud to be members of the Fair Trade Federation!
Fair trade offers a sustainable alternative to buying sweatshop-made goods.
Fair trade is an organized social movement promoting standards for international labour, environmentalism, and social policy in the production of Fair Trade goods. The movement particularly focuses on exports from developing countries to developed countries.
Fair trade organizations strategically work with marginalised producers to help them move from a position of vulnerability to security and economic self-sufficiency. They aim at empowering workers to become stakeholders in their own organizations and actively play a wider role in the global arena to achieve greater equity in international trade.
Find out more about the NEOhio Fair Trade movement:
InterReligious Task Force on Central America
www.IRTFCleveland.org
Citizen’s Trade Campaign:
www.citizenstrade.org/ohfairtrade.php
Other Fair Trade stores in Cleveland:
Ten Thousand Villages: Rocky River - Downtown Cleveland
Heartbeats
Esperanza Threads
To serve Equal Exchange coffee, tea & cocoa at your organization:
http://www.equalexchange.com/
To print on Fair Trade T-shirts for your organization:
Presbyterian T (for non-profits)
North Country Fair Trade
Maggie’s Organics
Read about the success of the Nueva Vida T-shirt Cooperative in Nicaragua Here
Student Resources:
Oxfam
USFT - United Students for Fair Trade
USAS - United Students Against Sweatshops
Other interesting links:
National Labor Committee
Fair Trade Federation
IFAT - International Federation of Alternative Trade
BAFTS - British Association of Fair Trade Shops
Transfair
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