Garment Workers, Campus Activists Win Three Big Ones Against Sweatshops

Enku Ide
August 20, 2010

Corporate shame campaigns against Nike and Russell Athletic resulted in key universities ending contracts with the companies. Nike agreed to assist laid-off workers (above) and Russell agreed to union neutrality for 10,000 workers. Photo: USAS

Clothing companies have to be “dragged kicking and screaming” to respect workers’ rights, says Scott Nova, executive director of the Worker Rights Consortium, a monitoring organization that investigates labor standards in apparel factories worldwide.

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