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Kicking off the “Cougars Hate Sweatshops” Campaign and 2012 Updates | Fair Labor Action Committee at UH

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Fair Labor Action Committee at UH. Center for social change through the Labor Movement at UH. Kicking off the “Cougars Hate Sweatshops” Campaign and 2012 Updates. March 7, 2012. Tags: Dr. Khator. Fair Labor Action Committee. We’ve been slow to update this year, but 2012 has been eventful so far. In January, we dropped off an assignment sheet to UH’s president, Dr. Khator, with easy to follow steps to fight Adidas’s abuses and promote ethical conditions for UH apparel workers. And only the name Alta Graci...

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Alta Gracia! | Fair Labor Action Committee at UH

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Fair Labor Action Committee at UH. Center for social change through the Labor Movement at UH. We begun a petition to encourage the University of Houston to purchase a greater variety of products from Alta Gracia. You can sign the petition online here. To let UH know that you want to see more Alta Gracia apparel sold on campus. It only takes a few seconds to make your voice heard! What is Alta Gracia? The University of Houston Bookstore carries several items from the brand, which you can access here.

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Construction! | Fair Labor Action Committee at UH

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Fair Labor Action Committee at UH. Center for social change through the Labor Movement at UH. Build a Better Texas. Is a joint effort by honest construction businesses, taxpayers, construction workers and their families, faith leaders, and safety advocates to ensure a strong and sustainable construction industry. Additionally, construction workers in Texas are the least protected in the country. More construction workers die in Texas than in any other state in the country. Subsequently, Texas ranks 50.

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Fair Food | Fair Labor Action Committee at UH

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Fair Labor Action Committee at UH. Center for social change through the Labor Movement at UH. Dine with Dignity (Fall 2009 to Spring 2010). We are currently working on a campaign for ethical food at UH in solidarity with a grassroots organization of tomato farm workers in Florida, the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW). They have been organizing since 1993 for higher wages and ethical conditions in the fields that produce the food the United States lives off of. For more info check out:. UT Students Ag...

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History | Fair Labor Action Committee at UH

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Fair Labor Action Committee at UH. Center for social change through the Labor Movement at UH. We are a relatively new organization on campus, but we have passed the semester mark, and here are some notable accomplishments (for a more detailed, blow by blow history, check out our home page and scroll down). We picked up the Fair Food campaign from UH Students for Fair Trade, and excalated and coordinated with other groups until we got Aramark to make an agreement with the Coalition of Immokalee workers to:.

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Who We Are | Fair Labor Action Committee at UH

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Fair Labor Action Committee at UH. Center for social change through the Labor Movement at UH. The Fair Labor Action Committee is a grassroots student organization that envisions a society where the workers of the world who support our lives are free from all oppression. We evolved from UH Students for Fair Trade and UH Students Against Sweatshops, and maintain the tradition of persistent action towards policy change. We are coming together to have a stronger base as a collective labor rights group. We be...

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On-Campus | Fair Labor Action Committee at UH

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Fair Labor Action Committee at UH. Center for social change through the Labor Movement at UH. We are also involved in an on-campus worker solidarity campaign. We are looking to build better relationships and cooperation between students and workers at UH in order to work towards common goals like the issue of poverty and workers rights violations in the Houston Community. For more info about wide Campus Worker campaigns check out:. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. Supported by Center ...

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Remembering Brittany, Tim and Alex. | Fair Labor Action Committee at UH

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Fair Labor Action Committee at UH. Center for social change through the Labor Movement at UH. Remembering Brittany, Tim and Alex. March 6, 2012. These three were wonderful people who I was very close to personally. I write this to all of those who remember them with me, and those in the struggle who may never have had the opportunity to meet them. Tim fought cancer for two years and eventually succomed to it in April 2011. He is survived by his wife, daughter, mother, sisters, brother, countless frie...

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Fair Labor Action Committee at UH. Center for social change through the Labor Movement at UH. March 7, 2012. Kicking off the “Cougars Hate Sweatshops” Campaign and 2012 Updates. March 6, 2012. Remembering Brittany, Tim and Alex. September 29, 2011. Third Speak Out on Wednesday Oct. 5th. September 6, 2011. Made in LA Screening Tonight! August 30, 2011. Tomorrow @11am, UH Student Speak Out! August 21, 2011. April 25, 2011. International Workers Day (May Day) 2011 March and Rally in Houston. Build a website...