APPEALS FOR SUPPORT

• October 4, 1997 : NATIONAL DAY OF CONSCIENCE : Petition to the US President calls for "Yes! to Human Rights, No! to Sweatshops"

• Tessili - july 1997- write to Bangladesh Prime Minister to stop repression at Dulamia Cotton Spinning Mill (see STOP REPRESSION )

• Textiles - july 1996 - A Bengali mayor appeals for support for the workers sacked by TAL (see "Support TAL workers in Bangladesh" )

• Banana - 15 march 1996 - Floods in the banana zone in Costa Rica. Report on the situation and special appeal by the trade union SITRAP (see "Devastating floods in Costa Rican banana zone")

• Banana - 15 march 1996 - The Costa Rican NGO "Justicia para la Naturaleza" appeals for aid in continuing its petition against the Geest Multinational which has illegally converted 700 hectares of forest into banana plantations (see "Appeal by Justicia para la Naturaleza")