Best student protest ever!
The University of Houston Daily Cougar reports on a student protest that sort of fizzled:
They met, chanted and marched their way into an administrator's office before realizing that the official in question was out of town.
UH Students Against Sweatshops, a student organization dedicated to protecting workers' rights, marched into UH President Renu Khator's office Thursday afternoon after organizing a rally outside the M.D. Anderson Library."The clothes in the bookstore are not sweatshop-free," UH Students Against Sweatshops founder Timothy O'Brien said.
The group intended to get Khator to sign the Designated Suppliers Program, a document that would guarantee workers' rights and prevent harsh working conditions for workers who sew university logo apparel, according to the Workers Rights Consortium.
The group march ended almost 30 minutes later, when Assistant Vice Chancellor of Planning and Initiatives Dan Gardner told them Khator was not in Houston.
Maybe next time.
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 02/16/08 11:07 PM | Print |
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