Sumi Abedin, a garment worker who survived a factory fire last November (2012) that killed 112 Bangladeshi workers, along with Bangladeshi Labor Activist Kalpona Akter, came to Albany to speak out, urging New York state to adopt a Sweatshop-Free Procurement Policy that includes fire safety measures. From left, Statewide Secretary Denise Berkley, Executive Vice President Mary E. Sullivan, Akter, Abedin, and Statewide Treasurer Joe McMullen.

Date created

• 2013 May 1

Type

• Image

Creator

• Asencio, Jill

Master Format

• TIFF

Identifier

• nam_apap_015_2013_05_0001

Subject

• Work Force, May 2013
• Labor Unions
• Civil Service Employees Association (NY)

License

• Creative Commons BY-NC-ND Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 International

  
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ITEM CONTEXT

Part of

90e13b5a023aefdb6ab5d1de295703fc

Scope and Contents

Collection

Civil Service Employees Association, Inc. (CSEA), American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) Local 1000 Records

Scope and Contents

Collecting area

• This collection is part of the New York State Modern Political Archive