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AUSTRALIAN STUDENT UNIONS representing 600,000 members will campaign against clothing and sporting good companies to raise awareness of child labor in the lead-up to the Olympics in Sydney. The National Union of Students, working with the Textile, Clothing and Footwear Union of Australia, will organize 48 Australian university campuses, focusing on Nike, Fila and others who have refused to sign the code of conduct.
The union is also planning a "no sweat" clothing label to be sewn on garments "so manufacturers can show consumers they have abided by the Homeworkers Code of Practice." Michelle O'Neil, union secretary of the Textile, Clothing and Footwear Union of Australia asserted that the Code represents a commitment from companies to pay industry wages and not exploit home workers or use child labor.