Andrew and the gang take a close look at what is happening in Myanmar (also know as Burma) where the struggle against a military dictatorship has been a key campaign for No Sweat ever since the brutal coup in February 2021.
Andrew, Nav and Mayisha find out about sweatshops in Haiti and meet someone leading the fight for change. Yannick Etienne is a labour rights activist with Batay Ouvriye (meaning Workers’ Fight in English), a trade union federation that has been organising sweatshop workers in Haiti for over 20 years.
Andrew is guided by seasoned No Sweat activists Mayisha Begum and Navpreet Kaur Singh, through the issues faced by garment workers in the Global South.
In this first episode the team tackle the basics of what sweatshops are, and who exactly is this activist group called No Sweat that have been fighting against them.
The No Sweat Podcast with Andrew O’Neill launches on Saturday 1st October, but here’s a little sneak preview of what’s coming up.
Coming soon! The No Sweat Podcast with Andrew O’Neill, a new podcast that takes a deep dive into the underbelly of modern capitalism and examines the issues faced by exploited workers in sweatshops around the world.
