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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.