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USAS at the University of Washington Pressures Adidas to Pay PT Kizone Workers
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Hotel Workers and University Students – The Fight Against the Corporate University
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USAS joins with Clean Clothes Campaign to Demand Adidas Pay $1.8 M Owed to Indonesian Workers
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Louisiana State University USAS Petitions Chancellor Martin to affiliate with the Worker Rights Consortium
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dominican republic Archive
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U. Washington Kicks Out Sodexo! D.R. Workers’ Struggle Gains Momentum as U.S. Workers Win Unions
Posted on December 14, 2011 | No CommentsRead more: Seattle Times (12/14) – UW Daily (12/14) - UW USAS (12/14) - Associated Students of UW (12/14) Today, the University of Washington ended its 25-year relationship with Sodexo following a massive campaign by... -
In UK, Sodexo Boycott Expands!Le boycott contre Sodexo au Royaume-Uni croît
Posted on June 23, 2011 | No CommentsWhile US students begin to turn up the summer heat on Sodexo (stay tuned!), we’ve got more exciting news to report from “across the pond”: Just weeks ago, a group... -
Open Letter to Sodexo from UK Student LeadersLettre ouverte à partir de Sodexo leaders étudiants au Royaume-Uni
Posted on June 9, 2011 | No CommentsCopied from the original message received June 6. Mr. Pierre Bellon Chairman of the Board of Directors Sodexo 255 Quai de la Bataille de Stalingrad 92130 Issy-Les-Moulineaux, France Dear Chairman... -
Northeastern U. Rejects Sodexo Amidst Student Protests For Worker Rights
Posted on April 13, 2011 | No CommentsUSAS | United Students Against Sweatshops 1150 17th Street NW, Suite 300, Washington DC 20036 – email hidden; JavaScript is required /* */ – www.usas.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – April... -
Is Sodexo lying to your university?: Overseas Sodexo workers’ write to the U.S. university community; USAS responds to Sodexo statements
Posted on April 1, 2011 | No CommentsLook out, Sodexo. Students and workers are pulling back the curtain. Two letters released today denounce Sodexo executives’ attempts to hide the truth: Sodexo workers in the Dominican Republic wrote... -
Student activists announce a cross-country tour with workers from the Dominican Republic and U.S. universitiesLes militants étudiants annoncer une tournée nationale avec les travailleurs de la République dominicaine et les universités américaines
Posted on March 17, 2011 | No Comments“Truth Tour” will highlight labor abuse by outsourcing giant Sodexo, and educate youth on dangers of anti-union attacks in Wisconsin and beyond March 16, 2011 – Madison, WI It’s time... -
USAS International Solidarity Committee Calls for National Anti-Sweatshop Week of Action
Posted on February 23, 2011 | 770 CommentsStudents take action on more than 30 universities to protest sweatshop conditions in the production of college apparel and demand bookstores increase orders from Alta Gracia- unionized, living wage factory... -
This Industry is a Battleground, this T-shirt is a Victory: Alta Gracia!
Posted on February 14, 2011 | 570 CommentsLearn how members of United Students Against Sweatshops (USAS) joined with workers and fought for over a decade to help win the first union, living wage factory in the Dominican... -
U.S. Students Investigate Sodexo Practices at Gold Mine in Dominican RepublicLes étudiants des États-Unis à enquêter sur les pratiques Sodexo mine d’or en République Dominicaine
Posted on January 13, 2011 | No CommentsToday students from seven U.S. universities visited Pueblo Viejo in the Dominican Republic to investigate reported worker rights abuses by Sodexo at a gold mine co-owned by Barrick Gold Corporation... -
After decade of struggle, Dominican Republic worker activists make college apparel again
Posted on July 19, 2010 | 2,165 CommentsEver since student activists first formed USAS in the ’90s, apparel corporations and college administrators insisted it was impossible to produce our schools’ clothes in union factories that pay living...