SLAC
Student Labor Action Coalition
Madison, WI

UW Anti-Sweatshop campaign

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 USAS Delegation Interviews of New Era Cap Company workers, Mobile AL, January 2008.

Documents

Links

"Cut adidas" blog
Workers Rights Consortium's Factory Reports page: www.workersrights.org/freports.asp
or download the pdf file on Primo S.A. de C.V.- El Salvador
(Click here to download a free copy of Acrobat Reader, to read .pdf files)
the United Students Against Sweatshops page http://www.studentsagainstsweatshops.org/
USAS Statement on Wage Disclosure

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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Student Labor Action Coalition, Madison, WI

Email: slac (at) studentorg.wisc.edu