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VICTORY: Adjunct Professors Win Unionization Vote and University Promises to not Challenge in Court
Posted on February 27, 2012 | No CommentsThis was originally posted by the Student Worker Alliance at American University on February 17th, 2012 after news was out about a great student – worker campaign victory to unionize adjunct... -
Apple Turns to the Larry King of Sweatshop Scandals
Posted on February 27, 2012 | No CommentsOriginally posted In These Times, February 27, 2012 BY JOSH EIDELSON Apple’s chosen monitor has long been criticized by anti-sweatshop activists. Wracked by weeks of bad press over the conditions under... -
Take Action! No More Excuses – Living Wage for UVA workers now!
Posted on February 23, 2012 | No CommentsToday, students on the UVA campus are on hunger strike after a historic 14 year campaign for living wages for the lowest paid workers on campus. Going into the fifth... -
UW Committee Puts Adidas In The ‘Hot Seat’
Posted on February 23, 2012 | No CommentsOriginally posted in The Daily at the University of Washington, February 23, 2012 The UW’s licensing contract with Adidas is being questioned after the company allegedly violated the university’s code... -
U.S. Department of Justice Gives Universities Green Light on the Designated Suppliers Program!
Posted on February 20, 2012 | No CommentsWe just got the green light. Finally, 7 years after USAS activists made a simple proposal that multinational apparel corporations making our school’s clothes must keep production in factories that actually respect... -
Students from across nation converge on Bascom Hall, protest Adidas
Posted on February 18, 2012 | No CommentsOriginally posted in the Capitol Times, February 18, 2012 Students from across nation converge on Bascom Hall TODD FINKELMEYER | The Capital Times | email hidden; JavaScript is required /*... -
Waging Until the End – The Living Wage Campaign at the University of Virginia
Posted on February 15, 2012 | No CommentsBelow is a message from the University of Virginia Living Wage Campaign, a movement of students, workers, faculty, and community members committed to the fair pay of UVA’s campus employees.... -
Campus worker fled a civil war before working at USC
Posted on February 6, 2012 | No CommentsBelow is a statement from the USC Student Coaltion Against Labor Exploitation (SCALE) in response to an article about a very prominent and respected figure on campus, Dona Mirian, a... -
AU Students Say: “What’s Disgusting? Union Busting! What’s Outrageous? Adjunct Wages!”
Posted on February 3, 2012 | No CommentsToday, members of the Student Worker Alliance, together with Occupy AU and other campus groups, staged two flashmobs in the School of International Service building at 10:10 and in... -
Victory: Gildan Union Leaders in Haiti Rehired!
Posted on January 24, 2012 | No CommentsUpdate: January 24, 2012… All your support paid off. Remember in November when I sent out an email about six Haitian garment workers making college apparel for Gildan and Hanes who had been blatantly...