CPSIA- SAVE OUR JOBS! Kids' GARMENT workers PROTEST NEW YORK WABC 02-03-09

Hundreds of workers from the childrens garment industry in New York protested the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act which will go into effect February 10, 2009. Spokesman Cory Silverstein of Kids Headquarters said the consequences of the CPSIA will be grave.

Despite the one year stay of enforcement for lead testing and certificates of content which the Consumer Product Safety Commission issued Friday, January 30, 2009, Silverstein stated that millions of pieces of safe product are being shipped back to the manufacturers. As a result, the manufacturers will be forced to destroy perfectly safe clothing at tremendous losses, forcing many to declare bankruptcy. Closed manufacturers means thousands of workers will lose their jobs.

Steve Levy of Star Ride Kids demonstrated the clothing components which would have to be tested and made a call for common sense.

Don Mays of Consumer Union which publishes Consumer Reports Magazine talked to WABC reporter Tappy Phillips and told her that implementation of the regulations was handled badly. He also said that parents don't have to worry too much about the safety of clothing already in the marketplace.

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Broadcast Tuesday, February 3, 2009


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[Unklebillybob]

On August 14, 2009, Public Law 110-314 will be going into effect. It doesn't matter about the truth. It's about the mythical lead levels in children's products. Congress, in a knee-jerk reaction to lead tainted products, coming out of China, wants to throw-out the baby with the bath water. Never mind that the USA, already has a ton of laws ~ lead levels... NOOOOO! Now congress wants to test & charge the hell out of small businesses, because they got a wild hair. Time to tell congress NO!

[midwestbookseller]

As written, CPSIA will save NO lives; it will prevent NO disabilities.

1000 children drown every year in the US. A Consumer Product Swimming Impairment Act would save some lives and prevent some disabilities. If they wanted a CPSIA, why not this one?

No child has ever been harmed by lead in children's clothing, lead in children's toys or lead in children's books.

THE ONLY THING THAT WAS HARMFUL WAS CHILDREN'S METAL JEWELRY. TAKE CARE OF THAT AND YOU'RE DONE WITHOUT DESTROYING ANY JOBS.

[teenfashionuk]

This kind of blanket lesgislation could so damage many small operators, more importantly it will affect

those who care enough to make beautiful individual things and use their own particular skills and prior knowledge to do so.