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Around 50 students turned up this morning, in their undies, in front of the ucsd bookstore! they marched around library walk to the bookstore, chanted and gave short speeches to inform the students about the sweatshop made products sold in the bookstore. They handed out and announced Chancellor Fox's phone number, encouraging people to call and demand a sweat free bookstore!

This demonstration took place at many UC campuses on the same day, including UC Santa Cruz, Berkeley, Santa Barbara, San Diego, Davis, and Riverside. [ Santa Cruz Indymedia Story | Corporate Coverage of Berkeley Protest ]

The demonstrators took their demands to the chancellor's office, but were locked out. They stood outside of her door and read their letter of demand that the UC use sweatshop free labor. On March 17th, there will be a chill-in at the chancellor's office to hear her response. Below are some photos...





















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videos too

01.03.2006 23:42
short quicktime video 1 - short quicktime video 2 - short quicktime video 3 -

sorry, no sound...

lotu5



UCSD Sweatshop-Free

02.03.2006 07:07


Well-done! Inspirational!

-Former UCSD student/employee

14justice



Make Your Own

02.03.2006 12:28


These kids are going to have to start making their own clothes because damn near everything is made in a sweatshop these days. Sad but true.

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not quite so

02.03.2006 17:29


start making their own clothes?

americanapparel.net (other reasons to question this company though)
nosweatapparel.com
justiceclothing.com
carhartt, ben davis, red wing shoes, etc etc

anon



Non Sweatshop Factories

02.03.2006 18:51


There are quite a few sweatshops out there,however here is list of some of the non-sweatshop factories where the brands that make UCSD apperal could source from.

o BJ&B (Santiago, Dominican Republic)
o Codevi (Ouanaminthe, Haiti)
o Far East (Bangkok, Thailand)
o Just Garments (Ilopango, El Salvador)
o Lian Thai (Bangkok, Thailand)
o Mexmode (Atlixco, Puebla, Mexico)
o New Era Cap (Derby, New York, USA)
o PT Dada Indonesia (Purwakarta, Indonesia)
o PT Kolon Langgeng (Jakarta, Indonesia)
o Sinolink (Mombasa, Kenya)
o Alltex EPZ Ltd. (Athi River, Kenya)
o Artex Knitting Mills (Westville, NJ, USA)
o Bao Sheng (Matsapha, Swaziland)
o Canterbury (Eppindust, South Africa)
o Cheerview (Phnom Penh, Cambodia)
o Cravateur Tie Company (Cape Town, South Africa)
o Elzet Clothing (South Africa)
o F Haus Garments & Wearing Apparel, Inc. (Manila, Philippines)
o Far Eastern (Manila, Philippines)
o Farbe Designs (Stellenbosch, South Africa)
o Fashion International (Matsapha, Swaziland)
o Four Seasons (Phnom Penh, Cambodia)
o FTM Garment (Matsapha, Swaziland)
o Genuine Connection Promotions (South Africa)
o Gina Form Bra (Bangkok, Thailand)
o Global Apparels (K) EPZ Ltd. (Athi River, Kenya)
o Jaqualanka (Colombo, Sri Lanka)
o John Peter (Pty) Ltd (Durban, South Africa)
o Johnson Sportswear (Pty) Ltd (Cape Town, South Africa)
o Jurix Garments (Matsapha, Swaziland)
o Lifewear (Pottstown, PA, USA)
o Loadway (Bonao, Dominican Republic)
o Master Garment (Matsapha, Swaziland)
o Mirage Fashion Wear EPZ Ltd. (Athi River, Kenya)
o MRC Nairobi EPZ Ltd. (Athi River, Kenya)
o Nan Tex (Matsapha, Swaziland)
o New Jersey Headwear (Newark, NJ, USA)
o Newclo (Pty) Ltd (Kroonstad, South Africa)
o Orient Sun (Matsapha, Swaziland)
o Overwear Manufacturers (Pty) Ltd (Cape Town, South Africa)
o Pocan (Matsapha, Swaziland)
o Prestige Clothing CC (Moberi, South Africa)
o Protex EPZ Ltd. (Athi River, Kenya)
o Proton Investment Swaziland (Matsapha, Swaziland)
o PT. Buana Kualitasindo (Jakarta, Indonesia)
o PT. Jaba Garmindo (Jakarta, Indonesia)
o Rising Sun (Athi River, Kenya)
o Rolex Garments EPZ Ltd. (Athi River, Kenya)
o Sabrina (Phnom Penh, Cambodia)
o Seardel Group (Cape Town, South Africa)
o Schott NYC (Elizabeth, NJ, USA)
o Sockit Manufacturing (Cape Town, South Africa)
o Spin Tex (Matsapha, Swaziland)
o Star Knit (Cape Town, South Africa)
o Tay Tex (Matsapha, Swaziland)
o Top One (Phnom Penh, Cambodia)
o Triumph/Body Fashion (Bangkok, Thailand)
o Universal Sportswear/Windjammer (Bangor, PA, USA)
o WW Garment (Matsapha, Swaziland)
o Xhen Gyong (Matsapha, Swaziland)
o YGM (Phnom Penh, Cambodia)
o YKK Zippers (Matsapha, Swaziland)


James
e-mail:: jcain@ucsd.edu





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