Student Labor Action Coalition

Campaigns

This page chronicles SLAC's broad anti-sweatshop efforts. For information on our current campaign, see Cut Adidas.

Videos

• UW Sportswear Company Nixed For Alleged Unfair Labor. University of Wisconsin-Madison cut its contract with New Era Cap Company January 25, 2008. News report from Channel 3 out of Madison, WI
• USAS Delegation Interviews of New Era Cap Company workers, Mobile AL, January 2008.

Documents

• The Sweat-Free Campus Campaign Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) for the University Community
• Designated Suppliers Program

Links

• "Cut adidas" blog
• Workers Rights Consortium's Factory Reports page: www.workersrights.org/freports.asp
• United Students Against Sweatshops

Newspaper Articles, Pictures, etc.

• Adidas director addresses UW about company's labor policy - The Daily Cardinal, October 29, 2007
• University, Adidas continue effort to rehire mistreated workers - The Daily Cardinal, October 5, 2007
• SLAC delivers Wiley 'face-to-face' demands - The Daily Cardinal, October 4, 2007
• Fake profile trashes Wiley, UW policy on labor - The Daily Cardinal. November 18, 2005
• Wiley gains Facebook profile - The Badger Herald. November 18, 2005
• SLAC demands fair conditions The Badger Herald, October 18, 2005
• Group wants union labor to produce Bucky apparel - The Wisconsin State Journal, October 18, 2005
• SLAC: UW can stop sweatshops - The Daily Cardinal, October 18, 2005
• Administrators and students seek to limit amount of UW apparel made in sweatshops - The Daily Cardinal, October 18, 2005
• Sweatshop panel urges UW use of union labor - The Capital Times, October 18, 2005
• Pictures from Demand Day, September 28, 2005
• Students demand unions for UW apparel workers - The Daily Cardinal, September 29, 2005
• LLPC members resign after Wiley dispute - The Badger Herald, March 29, 2005
• 'Sweatshop panel' irked at Wiley - Wisconsin State Journal, March 29, 2005
• Labor advisors resign to protest chancellor - The Daily Cardinal, March 29, 2005
• Regents approve Adidas contract - Wisconsin State Journal, March 12, 2005
• UW-madison Trying To Keep Its Sweatshirts Out Of Sweatshops - Wisconsin State Journal, February 22, 2005
• Licensing proposal on table - The Badger Herald, February 22, 2005
• Advocate talks to licensing committee - The Badger Herald, November 23, 2004
• One UW licensee meets disclosure deadline - The Daily Cardinal, May 3, 2004
• UW licensees' deadline nears - The Daily Cardinal, April 26, 2004
• Ralliers seek proof of disclosure - The Daily Cardinal, March 22, 2004
• Open the Books press release March 11, 2004
• Maria Deysi Hernandez tells of factory, Lands' End experiences - The Daily Cardinal,January 30, 2004
• Student labor coalition presents former union organizer - The Badger Herald, January 30, 2004
• UW at Land's End with labor violations - The Daily Cardinal, January 27, 2004
• Wiley agrees to wage disclosure requirement - The Daily Cardinal, January 26, 2004
• Wiley Vows Licensees Will Reveal Wages - Uw-madison Chancellor Agrees To A Request From A Student Group Seeking To Protect Workers. - Wisconsin State Journal, January 24, 2004
• Pay disclosure decision nears - University adds Nike as one of many licensees - The Daily Cardinal, January 16, 2004
• UW pushed on issue of sweatshops The Wisconsin State Journal, November 17, 2003
• SLAC wants UW clothing worker wages public - The Daily Cardinal, November 17, 2003
• SLAC hosts banner drop, teach-in in attempt to achieve Nike wage disclosure - The Daily Cardinal, October 27, 2003
• Nike contracts may require pay disclosure - The Daily Cardinal, September 26, 2003
• Pictures from SLAC anti-sweatshop sit in at Bascom Hall in 1999

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