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usas conference
Anti-Sweatshop Conference to be held August 2nd-5th
Youth for Socialist Action Editorial
The United Students Against Sweatshops (USAS) will hold their national
conference at Loyola University in Chicago on August 2nd-5th. An estimated
300-400 students will attend the confrence across the country. The
conference will focus on building solidarity movements with labor struggles
both here and abroad. Over the past few years, the Unites Students Against
Sweatshops has grown into a labor solidarity organization with chapters on
college campuses across the country. USAS was founded with the goal of
eliminating sweatshop labor in the production of collegiate licensed
clothing. Since then, USAS has moved toward domestic labor solidarity
efforts. USAS has sent delegations to victimized Union textile workers in
Western New York, participated in the unionization efforts at college
cafeterias in New Orleans, sent delegations to numerous picket lines of
striking workers, among other accomplishments. USAS and other radicalizing
youth are beginning to see the power of labor in fighting injustices in a
capitalist society. Youth for Socialist Action calls on the United Students
Against Sweatshops to continue this turn toward domestic labor solidarity.
For More Information about the USAS conference: www.peoplegetready.com or
call
202-NO SWEAT or email info@peoplegetready.org
