[Peace] Fw: [cokeactiongroup] SEJ rally on Quad on November 15

[Randall Cotton]

This rally is today. Short-notice, but a cause worth supporting.
R

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From: "Coalition Against Coke Contracts" <cokeactiongroup at riseup.net>
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Subject: [cokeactiongroup] SEJ rally on Quad on November 15


: Students for Economic Justice are members of Coalition Against Coke
: Contracts.
: ___________________________________
: 
: Rally Against Sweatshops, presented by Students for Economic Justice:
: 12:30pm, Wednesday, November 15 on the Quad.
: 
: Garment workers who sew University of Illinois Apparel deserve decent
: wages and the right to organize.  Last fall, a national student
: organization, United Students Against Sweatshops, called on U.S. colleges
: and universities to adopt new standards to ensure that workers in the
: collegiate apparel industry work for fair wages under decent working
: conditions in factories that respect their right to organize.  The
: proposed policy, called the Designated Suppliers Program, obligates
: companies licensed to make university apparel (e.g., Nike, Adidas, etc.)
: to do so in factors that have been determined by the Worker Rights
: Consortium (an independent monitoring organization that the University of
: Illinois and many other universities are members of) to respect workers'
: rights.
: 
: So far, about thirty colleges and universities, including such schools as
: Duke, Georgetown, UIowa, UW-Madison, and the University of California
: system, have agreed to this proposal and are currently working towards
: implementing it.  Unfortunately, the University of Illinois administration
: remains opposed to the program.  It is now more than a year since the
: program was proposed, and the implementation date is fast approaching.  It
: is time for the University of Illinois to end its obstinance and lend its
: support to the goal of achieving decent working conditions in the
: collegiate apparel industry.
: 
: Join Students for Economic Justice for a rally against sweatshops,
: Wednesday, November 14 at 12:30pm.  We'll start on the Quad and then walk
: over the Swanlund Administration Building, where several students will
: deliver petitions and informational material to Chancellor Herman and ask
: him to support the Designated Suppliers Program.