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Recent Coverage
Today's Activism: The Art of the Possible The Washington Post - July 14, 2006
Baseball Begins to Listen to Sweatshop Foes The Nation - July 14, 2006
Prompt payment makes history Brattleboro Reformer - June 15, 2006
The Sweatshop Stops Here Alter Net - June 12, 2006
Anti-Coca Cola movement by Mehndiganj villagers continues One World South Asia - June 12, 2006
Corporate democracy not in the cards Topeka Capital Journal - June 5, 2006
Campus Breakthrough on Sweatshop Labor The Nation - June 1, 2006
Progress report on workplace-policy recommendations issued Stanford University - May 31, 2006
U.Va. protesters say apology would violate honor code Daily Press - May 28, 2006
UVa wage protestors appeal penalty Daily Progress - May 28, 2006
Virginia student protesters cleared on trespassing charges San Diego Union Tribune - May 23, 2006
Alliance for Fair Food Calls on McDonald's to Work with Farmworkers Worldwide Faith News - May 25, 2006
Something to Chew On Harvard Crimson - May 24, 2006
Judge finds 17 student "living wage" protestors not guilty The Cavalier Daily - May 23, 2006
U.Va. wage protesters found not guilty by judge Richmond Times Dispatch - May 22, 2006
'Living wage' protesters acquitted The Daily Progress - May 22, 2006
UC system tightens rules for producing logo goods MSNBC - May 21, 2006
CLEA isn't about politics, but kids Brattleboro Reformer - May 8, 2006
UC Adopts New Apparel Policy Daily Nexus - May 19, 2006
Board OKs CLEA, with conditions Brattleboro Reformer - May 16, 2006
Cola debate creates sticky situation Daily Bruin - May 15, 2006
USA : University of California supports sweatshop free apparel Fibre 2 Fashion - May 12, 2006
Program aims for new ways to fight sweatshops Albany Times Union - May 13, 2006
UC adopts sweatshop-free policy for apparel Tri-Valley Herald - May 12, 2006
Students demand rights for workers The Barometer - May 11, 2006
UC, students reach agreement on apparel The Mercury News - May 10, 2006
Stanford increasing minimum wage for campus workers The Mercury News - May 9, 2006
UC Berkeley Adopts Revised Sweatshop Policy Berkeley Daily Planet - May 9, 2006
UC sweatshop contracts to stop Monterey County Herald - May 9, 2006
The "Coke Side of Life" Could Get You Killed Political Affairs Magazine - May 9, 2006
UC joins efforts against sweatshops Contra Costa Times - May 9, 2006
College Campaign Against Sweatshop Apparel Claims Victory The New Standard - May 9, 2006
Target as Bad as Wal-Mart? You Decide Alter Net - May 1, 2006
CUNY Law Bans Coca-Cola, Citing Unfair Labor Practices New York Sun - May 5, 2006
Killer Coke sets sights on SUNY Binghamton University Pipe Dream - May 5, 2006
Maria's Capitol Report St. Louis Chinese American News - May 4, 2006
A Mind that Matters Davis Enterprise - May 4, 2006
Students grill administrator over sweatshop The Advocate - May 3, 2006
UW Looks at Full Time WKOW - May 2, 2006
ND students deliver message South Bend Tribune - May 3, 2006
On the ground activism The Minnesota Daily - May 3, 2006
Students rally against sweatshops Daily Bruin - May 3, 2006
New program to monitor clothing factories The Justice - May 2, 2006
Students sanctioned for sit-in Richmond Times-Dispatch - May 2, 2006
ND worker speaks out on living wage South Bend Tribune - May 2, 2006
Students found guilty on three counts in open UJC trial The Cavalier Daily - May 2, 2006
Hunger strikers, CU reach compromise on apparel Rocky Mountain News - April 28, 2006
Hunger Strike Comes to an End The Campus Press - April 28, 2006
Chow Down Colorado Daily - April 28, 2006
Send a message: Take Coca-Cola off campus Chicago Maroon - April 28, 2006
Plan gives 400 LTEs permanent UW jobs The Capital Times - April 27, 2006
UC service workers protest proposed pay cuts The California Aggie - April 17, 2006
The price of demanding a living wage Campus Progress - April 27, 2006
Counting our victories The Phoenix - April 27, 2006
U.Va. students face judiciary charges Richmond Times - Dispatch - April 26, 2006
Members of United Students Against Sweatshops stage sit-in The California Aggie - April 17, 2006
Student protesters face UVa charges Daily Progress - April 26, 2006
Protesters to face UJC charges, opt for open trial The Cavalier Daily - April 25, 2006
The Critical Importance of Risk Management SCI-TECH Today - August 26, 2006
125 ASU employees benefiting from minimum wage increases ASU Web Devil - April 25, 2006
Students protest Coca-Cola The Daily Bruin - April 24, 2006
What is a living wage, anyway? Augusta Free Press - April 24, 2006
Coca-Cola Meeting Draws Protesters The Ledger - April 20, 2006
ND responds to campus wage activists South Bend Tribune - April 21, 2006
Wage strategy paid off elsewhere Daily Progress - April 23, 2006
Wage strategy paid off elsewhere Daily Progress - April 23, 2006
Coke's vision is complete Cayman Compass - April 19, 2006
Students intensify efforts for CLEA Brattleboro Reformer - April 22, 2006
Students and Janitors Unite for Justice Yahoo News - April 21, 2006
Seventeen U.Va. Students Arrested in Living Wage Protest Virginia Law Weekly - April 21, 2006
CU's response spurs hunger strike to go on Rocky Mountain News - April 21, 2006
Students take stand against sweatshops The Utah Statesman - April 21, 2006
PSA pushes boycotting sweatshops The Brown and White - April 20, 2006
Claremont Chapter of Amnesty International Calls for Coke Boycott The Student Life - April 21, 2006
Stopping Sweatshops by Stripping Campus Progress - April 19, 2006
Hunger Strikers Rally and Talk with Tabolt The Campus Press - April 20, 2006
Student calls for action regarding sweatshop issue The Exponent - April 20, 2006
Dozens protest at Coca-Cola meeting Delaware News Journal - April 20, 2006
NGOs challenge Coca-Cola at shareholders meeting One World South Asia - April 19, 2006
University students hold hunger strike on behalf of workersí rights The Phoenix - April 20, 2006
Waging a War for Employees Columbia Spectator - April 18, 2006
Coke CEO extols mostly positive numbers Atlanta Journal Constitution - April 20, 2006
Coca-Cola Meets With Holders; 1Q Profit Up Houston Chronicle - April 19, 2006
In tents protests Cavalier Daily - April 19, 2006
Living Wage: U of Virginia Has Students Arrested, Pays Poverty Wages International Labor Communications Association - April 19, 2006
Coke Has Shareholder Meeting Amid Protest Chron - April 19, 2006
Sweatshop oppression The Lantern - April 19, 2006
SLAC calls for living wage increase The Stanford Daily - April 19, 2006
Guaranteeing workers' rights no easy task, companies say Rocky Mountain News - April 19, 2006
Despite Arrests, U-Va. Students Devoted to Bettering Workers Washington Post - April 19, 2006
News From USW: Cincinnati Steelworkers Deliver Message to Malaysian Embassy; Union Says Contract Would Curb Cognis' Environmental, Safety Problems Business Wire - April 18, 2006
Day six and counting Colorado Daily - April 18, 2006
Anger Rises on Both Sides of Strike at University of Miami New York Times - April 18, 2006
From sit-in to lockup The Daily Progress - April 17, 2006
Students' hunger strike over CU goods in day 6 Denver Post - April 18, 2006
A year after sit-in, WU gets high marks in worker benefits St. Louis Post Dispatch - April 17, 2006
Students arrested in 'living wage' protest to appear in court WAVY-TV - April 17, 2006
UVA Students Released From Jail But Not Swayed Charlottesville Newsplex - April 17, 2006
Students plan public forum on living wage at Notre Dame AP Wire - April 17, 2006
CU students enter fifth day of hunger strike Rocky Mountain News - April 17, 2006
Trickle-down progressivism The Brown Daily Herald - April 17, 2006
Student activists pursue wage issue South Bend Tribune - April 16, 2006
Still Hungry Colorado Daily - April 16, 2006
Sweatshop Protest Continues The Daily Californian - April 12, 2006
18 students arrested at UC sit-in over sweatshops. CBS 47 - April 12, 2006
Seventeen sit-in participants arrested for trespassing The Cavalier Daily - April 15, 2006
Students at UVa. Sit-In Arrested WCAV - April 15, 2006
17 U.Va. students arrested in 'living wage' protest WAVY-TV - April 15, 2006
Sodexho workers fear loss of jobs The Johns Hopkins Newsletter - April 15, 2006
Casteen meets with 17 students in sit-in The Cavalier Daily - April 15, 2006
UVa. Professor Supporting Student Sit-In WCAV - April 14, 2006
Protesters Oppose UC Actions Daily Nexus - April 14, 2006
Protests continue into third day of Living Wage Campaign sit-in Cavalier Daily - April 14, 2006
SEEJ Campaign Ends in Victory Columbia Spectator - April 14, 2006
Coke is Death AlterNet - April 16, 2006
Students Protest Coke Reinstatement Michigan Daily - April 14, 2006
The Case Against Coke The Nation - April 13, 2006
Starving for attention Colorado Daily News - April 14, 2006
Coke spat may touch campus Yale Daily News - April 14, 2006
Administrators cut off Internet, food at sit-in The Cavalier Daily - April 14, 2006
Organization Marches on Hovde The Purdue Exponent - April 14, 2006
CU students on hunger strike to protest sweat shops Rocky Mountain News - April 13, 2006
URISSC gains Carothers' support in joining WRC The Good Five Cent Cigar - April 13, 2006
Living wage sit-in results in one arrest The Cavalier Daily - April 13, 2006
Students Turn Up Pressure Over Labor Rights The New Standard - April 13, 2006
Students sit in to protest U.Va. minimum wage Richmond Times-Dispatch - April 13, 2006
Students Continue Sit-In At UVA Charlottesville News Plex - April 12, 2006
More Student Arrests at UC Schools Bay Area IMC - April 12, 2006
United Students Against Sweatshops Protests At UC Berkeley Bay Area Indy Media - April 12, 2006
United Students Against Sweatshops Sit In Santa Cruz Indy Media Center - April 12, 2006
18 ARRESTED IN SWEATSHOP PROTEST: Contra Costa Times - April 11, 2006
Coke dispute bubbles to surface Daily Princetonian - April 11, 2006
A Second Chance for Coke State News - April 11, 2006
Students protesting UC apparel arrested SF Gate - April 11, 2006
Cal students take it off to protest sweatshop labor Inside Bay Area - April 11, 2006
18 sweatshop protesters arrested in sit-in at California Hall UC Berkeley News - April 11, 2006
SEEJ Lays Siege to Low Library Columbia Spectator - April 11, 2006
Janitor's Ask for SLAM's Help Harvard Crimson - April 10, 2006
Cola Controversy Riles Up Princeton Harvard Crimson - April 10, 2006
U pays attention to Coca-Cola scrutiny The Minnesota Daily - April 10, 2006
Living Wage protest outside presidentís office The Western Herald - April 6, 2006
Sweatshop demo makes bags, statement Calvin College Chimes - April 7, 2006
Purdue students protest labor issue before trustees Boiler Station - April 8, 2006
Protesters seek 'living wage' at Board of Visitors meeting The Daily Progress - April 8, 2006
D.C. Debate Hits Home for Local Kids My SA.com - April 8, 2006
Students impress administration with discussion, Western Herald - April 6, 2006
UC Canít Handle the Naked Truth City on a Hill Press - April 6, 2006
Group Protests Coke Contest Harvard Crimson - April 5, 2006
UConn Backs Worker Rights Plan Hartford Courant - April 5, 2006
SEC holds Living Wages protest The Daily Reveille - April 5, 2006
SEC holds Living Wages protest The Daily Reveille - April 5, 2006
Rally celebrates move to union janitors The Spectrum - April 5, 2006
MACALESTER'S COLA WARS Star Tribune - April 5, 2006
CU Backs Anti-Sweatshop Activism Cornell Daily Sun - April 5, 2006
Board stymies CLEA request Reformer.Com - April 4, 2006
U must take a hint from Macalester Minnesota Daily - April 2, 2006
How to talk to Al Bloom The Phoenix Online - March 30, 2006
Students strut for labor rights Daily Trojan - March 31, 2006
Striking UM janitors invisible no longer Miami Herald - March 29, 2006
Wage workers welcome new raises in paychecks Collegiate Times - March 30, 2006
Students push for higher wages for campus food workers Web Devil - March 30, 2006
'University of Miami Forced into HUNGER STRIKE while Supporting Striking Janitors' Common Dreams - March 29, 2006
University Of Miami Students Join Janitors In Protest Local 10.Com - March 29, 2006
Students disrobe in protest Daily Collegian - March 28, 2006
UM students stage sit-in at administration building in support of janitors... Miami Herald - March 28, 2006
Miami students support striking janitors with university sit-in The Ledger - March 28, 2006
Walk a Mile In Different Shoes The Michigan Daily - March 28, 2006
Nearly Nude Penn Staters Protest Sweatshop Labor Chronicle of Higher Education News Blog - March 28, 2006
News in brief from central Pennsylvania PennLive.Com - March 28, 2006
Talking tough in the buff Centre Daily - March 28, 2006
Campus Crusade Against Coke Continues Human Events Online: The National Conservative Weekly - March 27, 2006
Macalester College considers joining Coke boycott Duluth News Tribune - March 27, 2006
Georgetown Students Cry Foul on Living Wage DC IST - March 27, 2006
College Considers Coca-Cola Ban WSB TV - March 27, 2006
Committee Looks at Licensing Plan Badger Herald - March 26, 2006
Trade conflict may highlight flaws of sweatshop policy The Daily Cardinal - March 26, 2006
U-M students take labor protest to Coleman's office mlive.com - March 24, 2006
Dennison wants proof before ending Coke contract The Missoulian - March 24, 2006
Local 171, students rally for higher worker wages The Badger Herald - March 24, 2006
Labor groups attack Union referendum The Daily Cardinal - March 24, 2006
Union Leader Georgetown Voice - March 23, 2006
Students Campaign to Kick Coke Off Campus Seven Days - March 22, 2006
A Fashion Show and Sweatshop Simulation Calvin College - March 22, 2006
PSU pressed to adopt anti-sweatshop codes Centre Daily Times - March 22, 2006
UW one of eight universities supporting anti-sweatshop initiative The Daily Cardinal - March 22, 2006
UW Endorses Licensing Proposal Badger Herald - March 22, 2006
Activist Condemns Sweatshops Daily Collegian - March 22, 2006
UW-Madison reaffirms commitment to licensing proposal University of Wisconsin - March 21, 2006
Support referendum to ensure workers earn living wage The Badger Herald - March 21, 2006
SLAC Ups Pressure For Anti-Sweat Plan South Central Federation of Labor - March 20, 2006
SLAC Tries Again for Campus Living Wage South Central Federation of Labor - March 20, 2006
Cal Student Activists are Threatened and Detained in UCB Administration Building East Bay IMC - March 17, 2006
UCSC students say no to sweatshirts made in sweatshops Santa Cruz Sentinel - March 17, 2006
Kick the Coke Habit The Hawk - March 17, 2006
Striking workers at UM to get raise Miami Herald - March 17, 2006
Coca-Cola's business practices questionable Echo Online - March 17, 2006
Students nominated for national awards University of Connecticut - March 17, 2006
Officials uphold Hudson's firing Duke Chronicle - March 9, 2006
Protesters criticize firing of employee Duke Chronicle - March 8, 2006
Support union drive The Phoenix - March 16, 2006
Shaking of the Golden Arches Alternet - March 15, 2006
UVa group marks wage win DailyProgress.Com - March 15, 2006
Instituting a true living wage The Cavalier Daily - March 15, 2006
University Has Ability To Fight Sweatshops The Daily Campus - March 14, 2006
Casteen announces wage raise The Cavalier Daily - March 14, 2006
CLAP presents wage report to administrators The Observer - March 9, 2006
CLAP presents wage report to administrators The Observer - March 9, 2006
UC Berkley students stage nude protest Kaleo.org - March 13, 2006
'We want more communicationí Western Herald - March 13, 2006
UC Sweat-Free Coalition Crashes UCOP Santa Cruz Indy Media Center - March 12, 2006
The Struggle Continues: UCSC Custodians Demand Wage Parity Santa Cruz Indy Media Center - March 11, 2006
EAST BAY ROUNDUP Contra Costa Times - March 11, 2006
Detroit Free Press BEVERAGES: Teamsters knock Coke - March 11, 2006
U -- M bans Coca -- Cola, EMU should follow suit Echo Online - March 10, 2006
WMU students push for living wage for university's contract employees MLive.Com - March 10, 2006
No End in Sight for Miami Janitorsí Strike The New Standard - March 10, 2006
Activists SLAM Coke, Security Firm The Harvard Crimson - March 9, 2006
Students protest sweatshop hardships The Exponent - March 9, 2006
UBSAS talks trash in the Student Union The Spectrum - March 8, 2006
UVA to raise minimum salaries for lowest paid Daily Progress - March 8, 2006
Workers Protest At Univ. of Miami The Crimson - March 8, 2006
Workers, Students Rally in Dentonís Driveway City on a Hill Press - March 9, 2006
Alliance for Fair Food Launched to reform McD's Worldwide Faith News - March 8, 2006
Student government officially places living wage and Union improvement referenda on spring election The Daily Cardinal - March 8, 2006
Campaign targets sweatshop garments The Paisano - March 6, 2006
Students stage nude sweatshop protest Aribiter Online - March 6, 2006
Cola companies shrug off controversies New Dehli TV - March 6, 2006
Naked for a Cause The Cal TV Project - March 1, 2006
Activists Call For Action From Trustees The Daily Campus - March 2, 2006
Sweatshop Protestors Shed Clothes Daily Nexus - March 3, 2006
UC Berkeley Students Get Naked To Protest Sweatshop Labor Practices Berkeley Daily Planet - March 3, 2006
UM janitors' strike turns park into classroom Miami Herald - March 3, 2006
UVa wage debate rages DailyProgress.Com - March 3, 2006
UC Berkeley students stage nude sweatshop protest Belleville News Democrat - March 2, 2006
UCSD students strip in an apparel protest Sign On San Diego.Com - March 2, 2006
Stripping Against Sweatshops San Diego Indy Media - March 2, 2005
No Mas Abusos Diario San Diego - March 2, 2006
SLAP Continues Demand for Worker's Rights Vermont Cynic - February 14, 2006
Wages and unions: Living Wage revival Georgetown Voice - March 2, 2006
Agitating for Activism The Cavalier Daily - March 1, 2006
Fired University of Miami janitor leads strike over benefits Orlando Sentinel - March 1, 2006
Students Strip Down in Protest The Daily Californian - March 2, 2006
Berkeley students stage naked protest to denounce sweatshops Duluth Superior Tribune - March 1, 2006
Santa Cruz Students Strip for Sweat-Free UC Santa Cruz Indy Media Center - March 2, 2006
Hang It High The Digital Collegian - March 2, 2006
Wiley rebuffs SLAC efforts Badger Herald - March 2, 2006
SEEJ Protests Columbia Response Columbia Spectator - March 2, 2006
Group continues efforts to change sweatshop policy Purdue Exponent - March 2, 2006
Garment Workers Speak Out BC Heights - February 23, 2006
Students Protest Sweatshops Daily Camera - March 2, 2006
Take It Off! Anti-sweatshop activists strip down to make a point about CU apparel Colorado Daily - March 2, 2006
UW labor group issues ultimatum to Chancellor The Daily Cardinal - March 2, 2006
Berkeley students stage naked protest to denounce sweatshops Duluth News Tribune - March 1, 2006
Student Sweatshop Protest Gets 'Naked For Justice' News 8: CBS - March 1, 2006
Group pushes ethical sweatshop conduct The Digital Collegian - March 2, 2006
UC Students Get Naked For Justice Santa Cruz Indy Media - March 1, 2006
Students Air Ethics Complaints Hartford Courant - March 2, 2006
ASUM balks on Coke decision after protest Montana Kaimin - March 2, 2006
Killer Coke The MIT Tech - February 28, 2006
Cokeís practices have no place on campus Daily Bruin - February 28, 2006
Social change takes center stage at OSU The Daily Barometer - February 28, 2006
Student Activists Demand University Cut Coca-Cola Ties To Stop ëSupporting Human Rights Abusesí Harvard Crimson - February 28, 2006
Cokeís practices have no place on campus Daily Bruin - February 27, 2006
Coalition campaigns against Coca-Cola Daily Bruin - February 27, 2006
Students protest sweatshop hardships Purdue Exponent - February 27, 2006
Garment workers press UW, clothes factories to unionize Daily Cardinal - February 27, 2006
Focusing on plight of labor Charleston Daily Mail - February 27, 2006
IU backs fixes at apparel factories Indy Star - February 27, 2006
Workers urge students to defeat labor exploitation Duke Chronicle - February 24, 2006
UC employees appreciated on V-Day The Brown and White - February 16, 2006
20 Members of Congress Urge Georgetown U. to Recognize Campus Janitors' Request to Join Union Chronicle of Higher Education - February 16, 2006
IU supports improved conditions at apparel-producing `sweatshops' The News Sentinel - February 24, 2006
Swarthmore Protests Coke The Harvard Crimson - February 24, 2006
Swanson: Sweat Shop Workers Tour US Colleges Scoop Independent News - February 24, 2 006
Keep on Organizing The Phoenix - February 23, 2006
Protesting pop The State News - February 22, 2006
Rally held on Grounds to support living wage Cavalier Daily - February 22, 2006
Students can stop sweatshops The Daily Beacon - February 20, 2006
Duke joins sweatshop movement The Herald Sun - February 18. 2006
Student Club Investigates Campus Wages The Elm - February 17, 2006
Coke kicked from coffee bars, Essie Maeís The Phoenix - February 16, 2006
Students lead fight against Coca-Cola Western Herald - February 16, 2006
Controversy Surrounds Coca-Cola Daily Colonial - February 15, 2006
SWEATSHOP ECONOMICS Columbia Spectator - February 16, 2006
Levis Demo today - info and press release San Francisco Indy Media - February 16, 2006
Sweatshops: FLA affiliation shows university's insincerity The Daily Collegian - February 17, 2006
Student Labor Activists Plan To Target Coke Ties The Harvard Crimson - February 14, 2006
PSU affiliates with second sweatshop ethics group The Digital Collegian - February 14, 2006
Coca-Cola Feels Heat on Killing Chicago Tribune - February 13, 2006
Duke Agrees to Reduce the Number of Factories Producing Duke Merchandise Duke University - February 13, 2006
Teamsters Demand Action from Coca-Cola on Global Rights Standards PR Newswire - February 7, 2006
Universities threaten to boycott Coca-Cola over Colombia record The Independent - February 4. 2006
More than just garments The Georgetown Voice - February 3, 2006
U. Michigan ends contract with Coca-Cola The Daily Collegian - January 31, 2006
Mary Washington will increase salaries The Times Dispatch - January 28, 2006
UMW to pay workers more SGV Tribune - January 27, 2006
UMW to pay workers more The Free Lance Star - January 27 2006
NYU and U Michigan drop Coke contract The Mac Weekly - January 27, 2006
'Always Coca-Cola'? The DePaulia - January 27, 2006
Sweet Victory: Campus Victory Roundup The Nation - January 26, 2006
Whose sweat are you wearing? Georgetown Voice - January 26, 2006
Soda struggle The State News - January 25, 2006
Coca-Cola: The jig is up The DePaulia - January 21, 2006
LOC Tightens Regulations for University Apparel Manufacturers The Hoya - January 20, 2006
Coke fizzles at three universities Quuens University: The Journal - January 20, 2006
Saw uses King as focal point of protest The Daily Tar Heel - January 19, 2006
Tech should kick Coke out because of 'brutal practices' Collegiate Times - January 19, 2006
MSA pushes for U to investigate Coca-Cola's business practices Minnesota Daily - January 19, 2006
Baylor students draw attention to staff wage Waco Tribune-Herald - January 19, 2006
How NYU Chose Colombia over Coke Business Week - January 17, 2006
Diez universidades de E.U. y Europa vetaron el consumo de Coca-Cola por presuntos nexos con 'paras' El Tiempo - January 4, 2006
Coca-Cola Contracts Fizzle at University of Michigan Environment News Service - January 3, 2006 |