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Mission Statement
The collegiate licensed apparel industry is a $2.5 billion industry.
Like much of the apparel industry worldwide, we know that most of the garments
sold at Universities are produced in inhumane
sweatshops. We as consumers at the
University of Oregon -- workers, students and faculty
-- want the option to
discern between apparel made under humane working conditions and apparel most
likely made under morally reprehensible sweatshop conditions. The
union label
is the best way to decidedly determine the difference between the two. With the
support of faculty, students, graduate teaching fellows, and University employees,
we believe that a zone in the university bookstore
explicitly designated for
union manufactured merchandise, a No Sweat Zone, will enable consumers to be
informed about the merchandise they are buying. We believe that this is an
important consumer right and will benefit workers, consumers and retailers
alike.
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