Worker Rights Consortium

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The Worker Rights Consortium (WRC) is an independent labor rights monitoring organization focused on protecting the rights of workers who sew apparel and make other products sold in the United States, particularly those bearing college or university logos. The WRC conducts independent, in-depth investigations, issues public reports on factories producing for major U.S. brands; and aids workers at these factories in their efforts to end labor abuses and defend their workplace rights. The WRC was founded in 2001 by members of United Students Against Sweatshops, university administrators, manufacturing and labor experts. The WRC has over 160 college and university affiliates, as well as four high school affiliates.[1]

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[edit] What Does The WRC Do?

When a school affiliates with the WRC, they pass a Code of Conduct for the manufacturers of their apparel. The code of conduct typically includes bans forced overtime, child labor, bonded labor, and discrimination of any kind, including sex-discrimination, and affirms workers' rights to a living wage, a safe work environment, and freedom of association & collective bargaining. The WRC sends representatives to facilities in Global South where the apparel is being produced to monitor whether the code of conduct is being upheld. The WRC then makes annual, public reports on the working conditions in the facilities. When a factory is found to not be upholding the code of conduct, the International Brand who sub-contracted to that factory are usually threatened with the termination of their licensing contract unless they exert pressure on the factory to improve work conditions.

[edit] Schools Affiliated With The WRC as of March 20, 2007[2]

[edit] 168 Colleges and Universities

  1. American University
  2. Antioch College
  3. Arizona State University
  4. Ball State University
  5. Bard College
  6. Bellarmine University
  7. Beloit College
  8. Berea College
  9. Boston College
  10. Bowdoin College
  11. Bowling Green State University
  12. Brandeis University
  13. Brown University
  14. California Polytechnic State University
  15. California State University, Long Beach
  16. California State University, San Bernardino
  17. Carleton College
  18. Carnegie Mellon University
  19. Clark University
  20. Colby College
  21. The College of the Holy Cross
  22. The College of St. Catherine
  23. The College of William and Mary
  24. Columbia University
  25. Cornell University
  26. DePaul University
  27. Dickinson College
  28. Duke University
  29. Duquesne University
  30. Earlham College
  31. Eckerd College
  32. The Evergreen State College
  33. Fairfield University
  34. Fordham University
  35. Franklin & Marshall College
  36. Georgetown University
  37. Gonzaga University
  38. Grand Valley State University
  39. Grinnell College
  40. Hamilton College
  41. Hampshire College
  42. Harvard University
  43. Haverford College
  44. Hunter College
  45. Illinois State University
  46. Indiana University
  47. Ithaca College
  48. James Madison University
  49. John Carroll University
  50. Johns Hopkins University
  51. Kent State University
  52. Kenyon College
  53. Kutztown University
  54. Lake Forest College
  55. Louisiana State University
  56. Loyola University Chicago
  57. Loyola University New Orleans
  58. Macalester College
  59. Marquette University
  60. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  61. McMaster University
  62. Miami University
  63. Michigan State University
  64. Middle Tennessee State University
  65. Middlebury College
  66. Moravian College
  67. New Mexico State University
  68. New York University
  69. Northern Arizona University
  70. Northern Illinois University
  71. Northwestern University
  72. Oberlin College
  73. Occidental College
  74. Ohio State University
  75. Ohio Wesleyan University
  76. The Pennsylvania State University
  77. Pomona College
  78. Purdue University
  79. Queens University
  80. Regis University
  81. Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
  82. Ryerson University
  83. St. Cloud State University
  84. St. John's University
  85. Saint Joseph's University
  86. Saint Mary's College
  87. St. Olaf College
  88. San Diego State University
  89. San Francisco State University
  90. San Jose State University
  91. Santa Clara University
  92. Sarah Lawrence College
  93. Seattle University
  94. Skidmore College
  95. Smith College
  96. Soka University of America
  97. Southern Illinois University Carbondale
  98. Stetson University
  99. Suffolk University
  100. State University of New York at Cortland
  101. State University of New York at New Paltz
  102. Syracuse University
  103. Transylvania University
  104. Trent University
  105. Tulane University
  106. Union College
  107. University at Albany, The State University of New York
  108. University at Buffalo, The State University of New York
  109. University of Arizona
  110. University of California, Berkeley
  111. University of California, Davis
  112. University of California, Irvine
  113. University of California, Los Angeles
  114. University of California, Merced
  115. University of California, Riverside
  116. University of California, San Diego
  117. University of California, San Francisco
  118. University of California, Santa Barbara
  119. University of California, Santa Cruz
  120. University of Chicago
  121. University of Colorado at Boulder
  122. University of Connecticut
  123. University of Dayton
  124. University of Delaware
  125. University of Guelph
  126. University of Illinois at Chicago
  127. University of Illinois at Springfield
  128. University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
  129. University of Iowa
  130. University of Louisville
  131. University of Maine at Farmington
  132. University of Maine, Orono
  133. University of Maryland, College Park
  134. University of Massachusetts Amherst
  135. University of Massachusetts Boston
  136. University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
  137. University of Massachusetts Lowell
  138. University of Massachusetts Worcester
  139. University of Miami
  140. University of Michigan
  141. University of Minnesota
  142. University of Missouri-Columbia
  143. University of New Hampshire
  144. University of New Mexico
  145. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  146. University of Notre Dame
  147. University of Pennsylvania
  148. University of Portland
  149. University of Rhode Island
  150. University of San Francisco
  151. University of Toronto
  152. University of Virginia
  153. University of Washington
  154. University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
  155. University of Wisconsin-Madison
  156. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
  157. University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
  158. Vanderbilt University
  159. Vassar College
  160. Villanova University
  161. Wake Forest University
  162. Washington University in St. Louis
  163. Wayne State University
  164. Wellesley College
  165. Wesleyan University
  166. Western Michigan University
  167. Western Washington University
  168. Williams College

[edit] High Schools affiliated

  1. Brattleboro Union High School
  2. Jefferson County Open School
  3. Oak Park and River Forest High School
  4. Ontario Catholic School Board Affiliate

[edit] References

  1. ^ Workers Rights Consortium website , accessed March 1, 2007
  2. ^ Workers Rights Consortium, Affiliate Schools, accessed March 26, 2007

[edit] External links

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