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 global 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 university administrators, labor rights experts, and student activists including members of United Students Against Sweatshops. The WRC has over 180 college and university affiliates, and a number of high school affiliates.[1] A number of universities in the United Kingdom are now also considering WRC affiliation.[2]

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[edit] Programs and activities

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 on 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 and 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 company or companies – often major international brands – who sub-contracted to that factory are usually threatened with the termination of their licensing contract(s) unless they exert pressure on the factory to improve work conditions.

The WRC, working with many U.S. universities, is currently working on designing and launching the Designated Suppliers Program (DSP) to address some of the major obstacles to code of conduct enforcement that are embedded in the of the apparel industry's distended global supply chains.[3]

[edit] Schools affiliated with the WRC

As of November 12, 2008 [4]

[edit] Colleges and universities in the US

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

[edit] Universities in the UK

  1. University of Sheffield
  2. Loughborough University
  3. National Union of Students
  4. University of Sussex

[edit] Universities in Canada

  1. McMaster University
  2. Queens University
  3. Ryerson University
  4. University of Guelph
  5. University of Toronto
  6. York University

[edit] High school affiliates

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

[edit] References

  1. ^ Workers Rights Consortium website , accessed March 1, 2007
  2. ^ "Universities starting to Buy Right", People & Planet, January 14, 2010, accessed September 10, 2010
  3. ^ Scott Jaschik, "Codes Don't Work", Inside Higher Education, September 28, 2006, accessed May 7, 2007
  4. ^ Workers Rights Consortium, Affiliate Schools, accessed October 18, 2007

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