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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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University of Washington Archive
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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... -
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... -
A Coalition to be Reckoned with: MEChA and USAS Kick Out Sodexo!
Posted on August 11, 2011 | No CommentsA report from University of Washington students Gaby Guillén and Morgan Currier who allied MEChA and USAS on their campus through the Kick Out Sodexo Campaign. My name is Gabriela... -
76 USAS activists arrested during wave of 13 occupations this spring!
Posted on June 6, 2011 | No CommentsOccupations, sit-ins, study-ins. Headlines and handcuffs. Sounds like USAS in the springtime! This year, USAS-affiliated groups organized 13 occupations in university presidents offices, and those university presidents ordered a total of... -
71 Student Arrests this Spring in Wave of Sit-Ins to Kick Out Sodexo71 arrestations d’étudiants ce printemps de la vague des sit-in au Kick Out Sodexo
Posted on June 2, 2011 | No CommentsFrom April 25, 2011, through June 1, 2011, three universities made 71 student arrests instead of respecting students’ free speech and taking meaningful action to confront Sodexo’s worker rights abuses.... -
Take Action: UW Students Occupy Admissions, Refuse to be Ignored!
Posted on June 1, 2011 | No CommentsUpdate: UW arrested 15 students. More details to come. We are thrilled to let you know we have just occupied the University of Washington’s admissions office together with members of... -
Sodexo’s “War” on Worker Rights (UW Daily)
Posted on May 24, 2011 | No CommentsOriginally posted in the University of Washington Daily ‘This is the war we’ve given them’ By Lauren Kronebusch - May 24, 2011 Scott Woodward’s assistant is tall, lean and sports a... -
Unions: Keeping Corporate Greed in Check
Posted on May 24, 2011 | No CommentsRe-posted from Pursue: Action for a Just World Morgan Currier is a sophomore at the University of Washington studying Law in Societies and minoring in music. She began her work... -
U. Wash. arrests 13 more students in 2nd peaceful sit-in to stop Sodexo’s human rights abuse
Posted on May 19, 2011 | No CommentsUPDATES/NEWS: Seattle Times: “Anti-Sodexo student group stages another sit-in at UW” UW Daily: “We’re Not Going Away” KIRO 7 TV: “Student protest at UW” (Video) Message from Morgan Currier, UW... -
Victory at WWU! After 27 arrests, UW now last public university in Washington doing business with Sodexo
Posted on May 17, 2011 | No CommentsHere’s the latest from Washington state, just days after the University of Washington arrested 27 students during their peaceful sit-in to kick out Sodexo! usas | United Students Against Sweatshops...