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[OPIRG-EVENTS] Sweatshop caroling
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> Dear Friends:
>
> Oxfam Canada invites you to join us in a public caroling session with
> anti-sweatshop lyrics! As you may know, we recently launched a “No
> Sweat!” campaign with the Maquila Solidarity Network, Students Against
> Sweatshops, and the Union of Needletrades, Industrial and Textile
> Employees (UNITE), to raise awareness of harsh working conditions in
> the garment industry around the world.
>
> Here is a chance to address sweatshop issues in a fun outing. Where else
> could you support an important cause with just one hour of your time and
> with no preparation, while also networking, getting some good press, and
> even singing with friends?
>
> The caroling will take place outside the upper (south) entrance to the
> Rideau Centre, on the Mackenzie King bridge, at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday,
> December 19th. It'll only be for an hour and a half, so we promise not
> to keep you long from your time with your family and whatever ethical
> shopping you may have to do.
>
> Not a singer? Relax, no one person's voice stands out in such a crowd!
>
> The attached file is a list of the sweatshop carol lyrics we'll choose
> from, which you can also find at
> http://www.maquilasolidarity.org/tools/indexcarols.htm. Thanks to the
> Maquila Solidarity Network for these. (Of course, please let us know if
> you have other sweatshop carols you'd like us to include.)
>
> Please print off copies for yourself and everyone you can encourage to
> attend. Without a doubt, the more the merrier!!
>
> See you there,
>
> Terry Newcombe
> Oxfam Canada volunteer
> (terrynew@magi.com, 523-6524)
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e > border="0" width="600" cellpadding="10" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <tr> <td><p align="center"> <strong><img src="../../images/mnote.gif" width="30" height="16"></strong><font size="5" face="Arial"> <strong><font color="#CC0000"><a name="top">Sweatshop
</a>> Christmas Carols</font> </font><img src="../../images/mnote.gif" width="30" height="16"></strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td><small><strong><font face="Arial">By: MSN, 1998, taken from http://www.maquilasolidarity.org/tools/campaign/carols.ht
m</fon> t><font face="Antique Olive"><br> </font></strong></small><b><br> Song List:<br> <a href="#Learn to Sew! Learn To Sew">Learn to Sew! Learn To Sew! Learn To Sew!</a><br> <a href="#Slaving">Slaving in a Sweatshop Wonderland </a><br>
<a hre> f="#My favourite things">My favourite things</a><br> <a href="#We Wish">We Wish You a Merry Christmas</a><br> <a href="#Santa Claus">Santa Claus Is Coming to Town</a><br> <a href="#Twelve">The Twelve Days of Christmas</a><br> <a href
="#Listen"> >Listen to the Message</a><br> <a href="#Don't be Shy">Don't be Shy (Jingle Bells)</a><br> <a href="#Santa 2">Santa Claus is Coming to Town</a><br> <br> <a name="Learn to Sew! Learn To Sew">Learn to Sew! Learn To Sew! Learn To Sew!
(Sang> to the tune of "Let it Snow")</a><br> </b>Oh, the economy’s really frightful<br> but the shopping is so delightful<br> when you desperately need some dough<br> learn to sew, learn to sew, learn to sew.<br> <
br> Oh, the> re’s no sign the work is stopping<br> cause the orders keep us hopping.<br> when you’ve got no place else to go,<br> learn to sew, learn to sew, learn to sew.<br> <br> When you finally say good night,<br> and it
’s 2:00 a.m> . in the morn,<br> and the foreman wants to hold you tight,<br> and you wish that he’d never been born.<br> <br> Oh, the economy’s really frightful<br> but the shopping is so delightful<br> when you desperatel
y need some dough<> br> learn to sew, learn to sew, learn to sew.<br> <br> Oh, the industry isn’t dying<br> but the work is really trying<br> when you’re bank account’s getting low<br> learn to sew, learn to sew, learn to
sew.<b><p><a name="S> laving">Slaving in a Sweatshop Wonderland </a><br> </b>(Sang to the tune of "Walking in a Winter Wonderland")<b><br> </b>Door bell rings, are you listening?<br> On your brow, sweat is glistening.<br> You’
;re working tonight; i> t just isn’t right,<br> slaving in a Sweatshop Wonderland.<br> <br> Gone away are the good jobs<br> Here today are the sweatshops<br> They want you to sew <br> seven days in a row<br> slaving in a Sweatsho
p Wonderland. </p> > <p>In Toronto, Woolworth has used sweatshops<br> and they've paid the lowest rates in town.<br> Ask about a union, they’ll say no ma’am.<br> Homeworker do the job for the poorest pay around.</p> <p>Later
on, they’ll conspire<> br> how to raise prices higher<br> The plans that they’ve made<br> won’t make us better paid<br> Slaving in a Sweatshop Wonderland</p> <p>Door bell rings, are you listening?<br> On your brow, sweat i
s glistening.<br> You> 6;re working tonight; it just isn’t right,<br> slaving in a Sweatshop Wonderland.</p> <b><p><a name="My favourite things">My favourite things </a><br> </b>Shirts from Honduras <br> and Nikes from China<br>
clothes made in sweatshops<br> > in North Carolina,<br> all wrapped in packages <br> and tied up with string,<br> these are a few of my<br> least favourite things.</p> <p>When the sun shines<br> when the snow melts<br> when I’
;m feeling glad<br> I simply > remember <br> my least favourite things<br> and then I start getting mad.</p> <p>Skirts made in Malaysia<br> under sweatshop conditions,<br> clothes sewn in Toronto<br> for Northern Traditions,<br> al
l wrapped in packages <br> and > tied up with string,<br> these are a few of my <br> least favourite things.</p> <p>When the sun shines<br> when the snow melts<br> when I’m feeling glad<br> I simply remember <br> my least favo
urite things<br> and then I start> getting mad.</p> <b><p><a name="We Wish">We Wish You a Merry Christmas</a><br> </b>We wish you a Merry Christmas;<br> We wish you a Merry Christmas;<br> We wish you a Merry Christmas <br> and a Happy N
ew Year.</p> <p>Garment workers to > you<br> wherever you are;<br> Good tidings for Christmas<br> and a Happy New Year.</p> <p>Oh bring them some decent wages;<br> Oh bring them some decent wages;<br> Oh bring them some decent wages;
<br> and a sweatshop free year.</p> > <b><p><a name="Santa Claus">Santa Claus Is Coming to Town</a><br> </b>You better watch out,<br> you better not cry,<br> better not raise <br> those prices too high.<br> Santa Claus is coming to to
wn.</p> <p>He’s making a list<br> > and checking it twice,<br> gonna find out <br> who’s naughty and nice,<br> Santa Claus is coming to town.</p> <p>He sees you when you’re scheming,<br> he knows what your workers make.
<br> He knows when you’ve <br> be> en bad or good,<br> so be good for goodness sake.</p> <p>Oh, you better watch out,<br> you better not cry,<br> better not raise <br> those prices too high.<br> Santa Claus is coming to town.<
/p> <b><p><a name="Twelve">The Twelve Days > of Christmas</a><br> </b>On the first day of Christmas<br> my boss gave to me<br> a piece rate worth 2 bucks a day.</p> <p>On the second day of Christmas <br> my boss gave to me<br> two Gap
shirts<br> and a piece rate worth 2 bucks a > day.</p> <p>On the third day of Christmas<br> my boss gave to me<br> three Barbie dolls,<br> two Gap shirts<br> and a piece rate worth 2 bucks a day.</p> <p>On the fourth day of Christmas
<br> my boss gave to me<br> four Woolworth v> ests,<br> three Barbie dolls,<br> two Gap shirts<br> and a piece rate worth 2 bucks a day.<br> .<br> etc. etc.<br> .<br> On the twelfth day of Christmas<br> my boss gave to me<br>
twelve cents an hour<br> eleven sewing needle> s,<br> ten supervisors,<br> nine Nike runners,<br> eight Wal-Mart labels,<br> seven Guess jeans,<br> six hems for sewing,<br> five Kathie Lee tears,<br> four Woolworth vests,<br>
three Barbie dolls,<br> two Gap shirts<br> and> a piece rate worth 2 bucks a day.</p> <p><a name="Listen"><strong>Listen to the Message (Tune: Oh, Tennenbaum)*</strong></a><br> Oh shopper dear<br> come over here<br> and listen t
o our message.<br> Oh shopper dear come over here<br>> and listen to our message.<br> The women who toil<br> in far off lands<br> so you can wear<br> your favourite brands.<br> Don't get a break-from dawn 'till dusk<br> it isn't r
ight -- let's make a fuss.<br> When buying shirts and p> ants and stuff<br> ask were the workers paid enough.<br> <em> *Thanks to the Raging Granni
es</em></p> <p><a name="Don't be Shy"><strong>Don't be Sh> y (Tune: Jingle Bells)*</strong></a><br> Dashing through the malls<br> On a cold December day<br> Looking for a sale,<br> shopping come what may.<br> You should be aware<br
> the pay's not always fair<br> for the women who sew an> d sweat<br> in factories everywhere.<br> <br> So- don't be shy, ask them why<br> Nike can't pay well.<br> When Michael Jordan, we all know<br> gets lots and lots of dough<br
>  > ; <em> *Thanks to the Raging Grannies</em></p> <p><strong><a name="Santa 2">Santa Claus in Coming to Town</a>*<br> </strong>Oh, you better watch out, you better n
ot buy<br> clothes that are made in sweatshops, here's why<br> > Santa Claus is coming to town.<br> Oh, you better watch out, you better not buy<br> clothes that are made in sweatshops, here's why<br> Santa Claus is coming to town.<br> H
e knows if workers have to sweat<br> in factories far and near.<b> r> He's asking that we stop and ask<br> Who made that shirt, my dear?<br> <br> soooooo - stop the sweat
(Tune changes to Jingle > Bells)<br> buy wear fair<br> in this jolly season.<br> Make a choice, show you care.<br> Tell everyone the reason<br> &n
bsp; <em>*Thanks to the Raging Gr> annies </em> </p> <p align="center"> <strong><img src="../../images/mnote.gif" width="30" height="16"></strong> <strong>Have fun and share with us songs that
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