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AU Students Say: “What’s Disgusting? Union Busting! What’s Outrageous? Adjunct Wages!”
03 February 2012 3:01 PM | No Comments
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Victory: Gildan Union Leaders in Haiti Rehired!
24 January 2012 6:01 PM | No Comments
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As Occupy Wall Street Has Changed Protest Dynamics, Vibrant Groups Like United Students Against Sweatshops Are Back in the Forefront
23 January 2012 12:56 PM | No Comments
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Watch USAS on ESPN, exposing Dallas Cowboys sweatshops!
08 January 2012 12:32 PM | No Comments
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Eleven victories in 2011: Celebrate an incredible year for the student movement!
23 December 2011 2:03 PM | No Comments
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Cornell University Archive
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VICTORY! Nike “Just Pays It”; Students and Garment Workers Beat Sportswear Giant!
Posted on July 26, 2010 | No CommentsMinutes ago, the CGT union in Honduras announced that it reached an agreement with Nike on behalf of the 1,800 former workers who sewed Nike college apparel at the factories Hugger de Honduras and Vision Tex. One year and six months after the factories closed and failed to pay $2.5 million in severance to the workers, and after a USAS campaign severed Nike contracts with universities for the first time ever, workers and USAS forced Nike to agree to everything they had been demanding. -
Twenty-Five Universities Cut Contracts with Russell Athletic, a Serial Abuser of Workers Rights!
Posted on February 26, 2009 | 1,113 CommentsCoverage of this case has reached The NYTimes, USAToday, the Chronicle of Higher Education, the Rachel Maddow show, and local news across the nation! To see regular updates on this...