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Nike on Trial in its Hometown: Portland Community Leaders Call for Fairness...
Dr. Martin Hart-Landsberg, Chair of the Workers' Rights Board, address the crowd. The Nike Truth Tour has made it to Portland after its cross-country journey! Last night, just a few miles from Nike’s...
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Thousands march on Nike in company’s hometown
Earlier today, thousands from across Oregon and around the country marched on the Niketown store in downtown Portland, just miles away from Nike’s global headquarters. The march on May 1st, the...
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Critical moment for Honduran workers’ fight: Tell Cornell to Cut Nike!
This week, Cornell University President David Skorton is deciding whether to cut the school’s lucrative contract with Nike, or to continue doing business with the company despite grave violations of...
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Ex-Workers’ Letters Emphasize Daily Suffering while Nike and Universities...
USAS just received four letters from ex-workers of Nike supplier factories Hugger de Honduras and Vision Tex. (The full letters are available below in English and Spanish.) In the letters, workers...
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Nike “Bites the Dust”: Cornell Commits to Dropping Nike
Cornell University has committed to dropping Nike over its refusal to pay $2.2 million legally owed to 1,800 workers formerly employed at two Nike supplier factories in Honduras. The decision comes in...
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Students Cover Nike Lobbyist Office with “Just Pay It!” Flyers
Early this morning, just blocks away from Congress, USAS members and community activists knocked on the front door of Nike’s lobbying headquarters. The students, armed with handwritten letters from...
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Seattle Community Urges University of Washington to End Nike Contract
On July 15th, a broad coalition of professors, community leaders, public organizations, alumni and students in Seattle sent an open letter to University of Washington President Mark Emmert demanding...
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Nike Manager Admits to Sweatshops, Pressure Escalates at U of Washington
USAS members and alum in Seattle have educated consumers outside the Niketown store day after day this week. As student activists continue to step up efforts to educate consumers at Nike retail stores...
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Nike and CGT Statement 26 July, 2010 Beaverton, Ore. (July 26, 2010) – NIKE, Inc. and the Central General de Trabajadores de Honduras (CGT), representing the former employees of the Nike contract...
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VICTORY! Nike “Just Pays It”; Students and Garment Workers Beat Sportswear...
Media coverage on USAS victory: » New York Times article » Time Magazine article » Democracy Now (9 minutes into headlines) » Wall Street Journal article » In These Times article » Send more news...
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