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UW’s Student Labor Action Coalition demands adidas pays $1.8 million legally owed to Indonesian workers
Posted on December 2, 2011 | No CommentsOriginally posted in The Daily Cardinal, November 22, 2011 Students protest labor policies by Corinne Burgermeister Members of the Student Labor Action Coalition gathered outside Chancellor Ward’s office to protest... -
Ohio State USAS Demands University Re-start Rigged Apparel Contract Bidding Process
Posted on November 30, 2011 | No CommentsOriginally posted in the U Weekly, November 30, 2011 Students protest OSU’s negotiations with Dallas Cowboys over licensing agreement By Angie Quach Published November 30, 2011 Guess Michigan is beating... -
Adidas, NIKE refuse to pay $1.8 million in stolen wages to collegiate apparel workers in Indonesia
Posted on November 15, 2011 | No CommentsIn January, 2,800 workers sewing college-logo apparel for Adidas and NIKE at the PT Kizone factory in Indonesia were laid off after their factory shut down abruptly, and they were... -
80 student activists from 26 colleges step up their game at the first-ever “Fight Back!” Organizer Boot Camp
Posted on November 9, 2011 | No CommentsLast weekend, USAS activists and other students throughout the Northeast came together to share experience and sharpen our skills at the very first of the “Fight Back!” Organizer Boot Camps.... -
Get ready for Wisconsin! USAS 15th Anniversary National Conference
Posted on November 8, 2011 | No CommentsA message from Cristina Lor at the University of Wisconsin, Madison: Exactly one year after we occupied Wisconsin’s state capitol… Get ready to join hundreds of students from all over... -
USAS Abroad! From Texas to China: Labor Research in the World’s Manufacturer
Posted on November 4, 2011 | No CommentsMade in China. Three words more famous than Just Do It, more universal than I Love You. Chances are something around you bears this infamous phrase; the computer you type... -
UChicago specifically alters student handbook in an attempt to prevent future study-ins
Posted on October 30, 2011 | No CommentsOriginally posted by UChicago USAS affiliate, Students Organizing United with Labor (SOUL) We found a few interesting modifications in the student handbook this past week! Check out our favorite additions:... -
University of Michigan Students Rally for Their Campus Nurses!
Posted on October 26, 2011 | No CommentsStudents at the University of Michigan have been coming out in numbers since the beginning of the school year to support the nurses at the University of Michigan Hospital who... -
“Budget Cuts Never Heal”: California Community College Students Demand Justice From Wall Street
Posted on October 12, 2011 | No CommentsOver the last few years, California’s Community College system has suffered multiple rounds of budget cuts that have resulted in a shrinking number of available classes, reductions in student services... -
Alabama Immigrants, Workers and Students Stand Up, Fight Back!
Posted on October 6, 2011 | No CommentsIn the wake of the harshest immigration law in the U.S. enacted in Alabama, William Anderson, a student at the University of Alabama – Birmingham, writes about his experience as...
