Worker's Rights Consortium

The WRC is encouraging Universities to consider selling “living wage” clothing through their bookstores. This would progress toward higher standards in companies' production of university logo apparel. The idea is that Universities would buy apparel with companies willing to meet higher standard in terms of full respect for worker's rights, and a long-term commitment to supplier factories.

The WRC's memo brought out ideas that are worthy of thought:
Bookstores may consider working with licensee(s)that would consider higher labor standards voluntarily because if see a substantial interest among enough bookstores in buying such products, licensees may be interested in making and selling them. This would offer a profit-making opportunity for any licensee that is willing to voluntarily adopt and enforce higher labor standards, including payment of a living or non-poverty wage. It would allow the WRC to see whether higher labor standards, can be effectively carried out at the factory level.

We all know how expensive college books are, but the next time you walk into a bookstore (assuming they're associated with WRC,) think of what good it will do.

http://www.workersrights.org/LivingWageApparel.asp

MEMO:
http://www.workersrights.org/university/memo/012208_DSP_update.html