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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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Eleven victories in 2011: Celebrate an incredible year for the student movement!
Posted on December 23, 2011 | No CommentsYou already know that 2011 has been an incredible year. But we think you’ll be blown away by this list of 11 incredible victories that USAS activists won alongside workers... -
Students Seek Dialogue with Sodexo over Poverty Wages and Anti-Union IntimidationÉtudiants recherchent le dialogue avec Sodexo sur des salaires de misère et d’intimidation.
Posted on December 20, 2010 | No CommentsA letter from students is on its way across the Atlantic. Students are appealing for a second time to Pierre Bellon, Founder and Chairman of the Board for Sodexo, to help change his corporation's treatment of its workers in the United States. You can read the letter in English and in French. -
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. -
USAS Press Release on Jerzees de Honduras victory
Posted on November 18, 2009 | 2,178 CommentsToday USAS issued the following press release on our historic victory with the SITRAJERZEESH union to media around the country: UNITED STUDENTS AGAINST SWEATSHOPS For Immediate Release: Wednesday, November 18,... -
Warren Buffett’s Russell Athletic Caught Lying About Death Threats
Posted on July 30, 2009 | 458 CommentsWhat happens when a factory worker confronts the famous billionaire philanthropist who owns her company? Check out this video: “Warren Buffett’s Russell Athletic Lies about Death Threats against Workers”. Norma... -
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... -
Hermosa workers in El Salvador demand payment!
Posted on June 16, 2006 | 125 CommentsThe Hermosa workers of El Salvador have been fighting for over a year now for their backpay and severance pay. Recently in a letter to Nike, Adidas, and Russell, workers...