USAS

United Students Against Sweatshops is a student organization that fight to have Sweatshop- free collegiate apparel produce for Colleges and Universities. They work with Worker Rights Consortium which is an independent organization in charge of investigating collegiate apparel producing facilities Their most recent campaign is called the Designated Suppliers Program which build a stronger fight for campuses involved in the anti-sweatshop movement. The success of this program will force clothing companies to produce apparel in 100% sweatshop free factories. It will also give workers who have suffered for so long a voice. Workers will have a voice while they work and fight for truly livable wages.

This association is the largest anti-sweatshop community group in the United States in Canada. Their main goal? To give workers a voice, to force companies to give them the respect they deserve aside from decent wages. Also to protect the workers have their to sustained. No loop holes, No surprises or fine print.

The articles I found especially United Students website sway me in a certain direction. Most may think of Sweatshops as something of the 'olden days' something of the past, but here we have a community of young people of this generation actively fighting for workers rights, demanding respect for these workers. They have a large number of Universities on their side and are still encouraging others to do so. What did I get out of their statement of intent? First of all Sweatshops are still very much in existence. Workers are not being paid Livable wages. What exactly does that mean? That word Livable? Does that mean workers don't have enough money to put food on the table? To put clothes on their backs? A roof over their heads. To support themselves and that of their families? LIVABLE. That word definitely stands out. What does that word mean to you?

http://www.studentsagainstsweatshops.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=viewid=16&Itemid=27

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Students_Against_Sweatshops