Kauffman, Matthew,
As Colleges Profit, Sweatshops Worsen. Matthew Kauffman and Lisa Chedekel. - Hartford Courant, 2004. - SIRS Enduring Issues 2006. Article 48, Business, 1522-3191; .
Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2006. Originally Published: As Colleges Profit, Sweatshops Worsen, Dec. 12, 2004; pp. A1+.
"At factories across the globe, young women hunch over sewing machines in choreographed monotony, racing the clock for poverty wages as they stitch shirt that will be shipped to the States and emblazoned with five letters: U-C-O-N-N." (HARTFORD COURANT) This article reveals that college-licensed apparel is still being made under sweatshop conditions despite an academia "pledge to wage war against the sweatshops that produce college-licensed apparel, propelled by a student protest movement that swept campuses with a passion not seen since the 1960s."
1522-3191;
Clothing factories
Clothing trade
Clothing workers
Logos (Symbols)
Sweatshops
Universities and colleges
University of Connecticut
Work environment--Mexico
AC1.S5
050
As Colleges Profit, Sweatshops Worsen. Matthew Kauffman and Lisa Chedekel. - Hartford Courant, 2004. - SIRS Enduring Issues 2006. Article 48, Business, 1522-3191; .
Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2006. Originally Published: As Colleges Profit, Sweatshops Worsen, Dec. 12, 2004; pp. A1+.
"At factories across the globe, young women hunch over sewing machines in choreographed monotony, racing the clock for poverty wages as they stitch shirt that will be shipped to the States and emblazoned with five letters: U-C-O-N-N." (HARTFORD COURANT) This article reveals that college-licensed apparel is still being made under sweatshop conditions despite an academia "pledge to wage war against the sweatshops that produce college-licensed apparel, propelled by a student protest movement that swept campuses with a passion not seen since the 1960s."
1522-3191;
Clothing factories
Clothing trade
Clothing workers
Logos (Symbols)
Sweatshops
Universities and colleges
University of Connecticut
Work environment--Mexico
AC1.S5
050