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USAS at the University of Washington Pressures Adidas to Pay PT Kizone Workers
14 May 2012 12:25 AM | No Comments
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Hotel Workers and University Students – The Fight Against the Corporate University
10 May 2012 6:03 PM | No Comments
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USAS joins with Clean Clothes Campaign to Demand Adidas Pay $1.8 M Owed to Indonesian Workers
10 May 2012 5:00 AM | No Comments
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Louisiana State University USAS Petitions Chancellor Martin to affiliate with the Worker Rights Consortium
04 May 2012 6:23 PM | No Comments
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SLAC: University of Wisconsin Chancellor Ward must cut ties to Adidas, end mediation
03 May 2012 6:27 PM | No Comments
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National U.S. Student Organizations Respond to Latest FLA Student Scheme
Posted on April 30, 2012 | No CommentsStatement Regarding Fair Labor Association’s Student Committee, From National U.S. Student Organizations As four national U.S. student organizations representing more than 4 million students on over 300 college and university... -
Rutgers Students Occupy President’s Office! Take Action Now!
Posted on April 27, 2012 | No CommentsThis is an urgent message from Rutgers USAS member Anna Barcy, who is sitting in at the President’s Office RIGHT NOW with 21 other students, demanding the University finally disaffiliate... -
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... -
11 die making iPhones, Apple CEO calls factory “pretty nice”
Posted on June 11, 2010 | 1,064 CommentsAs Apple releases the new iPhone 4G, Chinese activists are mourning the deaths of 11 workers who made Apple iPhones and iPods, and are taking to the streets to demand Apple stop the conditions at its supplier factory that led to the deaths: the extreme long hours, poverty wages, humiliation by managers and denial of independent union representation. Apple CEO Steve Jobs refuses to take responsibility, saying last week, "for a factory, it's pretty nice". Take action and forward this message!