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From Sweatshop to Warehouse to Retail: Students Stand with Walmart Workers
Posted on September 28, 2011 | No Commentsby Morgan Currier University of Washington USAS UW USAS cares about workers. And when we say workers, we mean ALL workers throughout supply chain. Remember our campaigns against sportswear apparel... -
OSU USAS Strips Down in Protest of the Cowboys
Posted on September 28, 2011 | No CommentsOriginally posted in The Lantern- Ohio State University Students strip down in protest By Todd Avery email hidden; JavaScript is required /* */ Several Ohio State students were rooting against... -
Op-ed: Celebrating 10 years of the Worker Rights Consortium
Posted on September 28, 2011 | No CommentsOriginally posted in The Brown Daily Herald Trupin ’13: Celebrating 10 years of the Worker Rights Consortium Ian Trupin Opinions Columnist Published: Tuesday, September 27, 2011 In the pre-dawn hours of Sunday,... -
Ohio State & Dallas Cowboys Caught Rigging Bid Process for Monopoly Apparel Deal
Posted on September 26, 2011 | No CommentsFor months, Ohio State students and faculty have warned of inappropriate backroom dealings by OSU Athletics to hand over a monopoly contract to the Dallas Cowboys for producing and selling... -
New York Times: Students Battle a Dallas Cowboys Unit Over College Apparel
Posted on September 24, 2011 | No CommentsThis article was originally posted in the New York Times online and appeared in print on September 24, 2011, on page B-3. Students Battle a Dallas Cowboys Unit Over College... -
New York Times: USASers Take On Jerry Jones & the Cowboys
Posted on September 24, 2011 | No CommentsStudents Battle a Dallas Cowboys Unit Over College Apparel By STEVEN GREENHOUSE The Dallas Cowboys have a new merchandising arm that recently jumped into the business of producing college-logo apparel... -
Penn State USAS & Student Guestworkers demand justice at Hershey’s
Posted on September 22, 2011 | No CommentsAnna Brewer & John Fitzgerald Last Thursday, Penn State USAS hosted Cosmin, Harika, Jon, and Tony, four J-1 student guestworkers who have been on strike for three weeks against exploitation... -
Student-Athletes Come Together for a Voice to Make Change
Posted on September 20, 2011 | No CommentsAfter three crazy weekends of NCAA football filled with buzzerbeaters and last-play victories, what’s even crazier are the conditions that university athletes have to work under and the pressures they face on... -
UW-Madison SLAC Kicks off School Year with Campus Worker Rally; Welcomes Back Chancellor Ward
Posted on September 7, 2011 | No CommentsUSAS’s oldest affiliate, the Student Labor Action Coalition (SLAC) at the University of Wisconsin – Madison, kicked off the new school year with a rally at Bascom Hall Tuesday afternoon,... -
Alta Gracia Workers Tour the East Coast!
Posted on September 2, 2011 | No CommentsFor the past 14 years, USAS has proven that we’re able to break brands when they violate workers’ rights. For the second year in a row, we’re able to also...
