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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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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...