Media

Videos:

Students protest union-busting at Guatemalan garment factories
June 2nd, 2007 demonstration at Talbots and Macy's stores in downtown Seattle, protesting the closure of two of the only unionized garment factories in Guatemala.

UW adopts the Designated Suppliers Program!
May 18th, 2007 meeting with President Emmert.

Mock Wedding between UW and DSP
April 5th, 2007 ceremony in Red Square.

BJ&B Funeral Procession
March 29th, 2007 protest over the closure of BJ&B, a unionized garment factory in the Dominican Republic that used to produce Nike hats for the UW.

Print:

"Students investigate worker rights violations"
UW Daily, February 7th, 2008

"A history of excellence: The rise and fall of UW protests"
UW Daily, February 5th, 2008

"Free Speech Friday - Response to free-trade face-offs"
UW Daily, December 7th, 2007

"News"
UW Daily, November 7th, 2007

"Protest in pictures"
UW Daily, October 15th, 2007

"Stripped-down student protesters rush Macy's aisles"
Seattle Post-Intelligencer, October 14th, 2007

"Just Heard"
Real Change, June 20-26th, 2007

"UW students detained in sweatshop protest"
UW Daily, June 20th, 2007

"Students protest foreign sweatshops"
Seattle Post-Intelligencer, June 18th, 2007

"No Sweat Sit-Ins Hit Academe"
The Nation, June 11th, 2007

"Eat These Shorts!"
Eat the State!, June 7th, 2007

"UW goes SLAP happy"
Real Change, June 6-12th, 2007

"UW agrees to phase out sweatshop apparel"
UW Daily, May 30th, 2007

"Stanford Students Expect 'Moral Integrity' from Prez"
The Nation, May 22nd, 2007

"SLAP's Unfinished Victory"
Eat the State!, May 24th, 2007

"In Other Neighborhoods..."
The Stranger, May 2nd, 2007

"Sweat Free Coalition demands sweatshop-free UW apparel"
UW Daily, April 30th, 2007

"UW's Anti-Sweatshop Surge"
Eat the State!, April 25th, 2007

"Logos and Human Rights: student action prods UW to go sweat-free"
Real Change, April 4-10th, 2007

"Former garment worker tells of poor sweatshop conditions"
UW Daily, March 8th, 2007

"SLAP campaign wants UW to be sweatshop-free"
UW Daily, March 7th, 2007

"News"
UW Daily, February 1st, 2007

"Reactor contractor may unionize"
UW Daily, April 19th, 2006

"Hot spot"
Real Change, April 6th, 2006

"Students protest nuclear cleanup company"
UW Daily, April 5th, 2006

"Free Speech Friday - Good UW Jobs in South Lake Union?"
UW Daily, April 1st, 2005

"McDermott to visit UW, discuss trade relations"
UW Daily, March 31st, 2005

"Students protest CAFTA"
UW Daily, February 25th, 2005

"Students SLAP regents over budget"
UW Daily, May 24th, 2004

Photos:

Students rally for the DSP
April 27th protest on campus, and in Red Square. Pictures courtesy of Kata Mayorga.