United Students Against Sweatshops Conference

Posted by on December 31, 2004

USAS National Conference
Feb. 10-13 2005
University of Texas, Austin

Register for the United Students Against Sweatshops National Conference!

“Fighting for the Right to Organize- *local–>global*”

http://www.studentsagainstsweatshops.org/register.php

February 10-13, 2005
University of Texas-Austin

Workshops and strategy sessions around the following issues:
–Campus/Community Solidarity Campaigns- Learn about how to run a living wage campaign, what unions are and why they’re important, the service worker solidarity campaign (Aramark, Compass and Sodexho) and trends in outsourcing!
–Worker Rights Consortium Affiliation- What is the WRC and how can affiliating help your school to becoming sweatfree?
–Multi-Fiber Arrangement Phase-Out Solidarity- With the phase-out of garment and textile quotas in January of 2005 we are seeing more and more cutting and running…Strategize about wage disclosure, sweatfree clothing and code strengthening!
–Coca Cola Campaign, Taco Bell Campaign- Protest Taco Bell in Austin! Learn more and network with other schools doing similar campaigns!
–Ethical Contracting Code of Conduct- Use this new code that covers purchasing and contracting as a tool in your campaign!
–Immigrant worker rights- Learn more about the struggles of immigrant workers!

***Also build your skills around media, organizing, fundraising, labor history, anti-oppression training, networking and more!!***

The agenda will be posted to the website shortly.