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Sit-In At UNC Enters Day Five!
Students at UNC Chapel Hill have been occupying their administration building under police guard for the past five days. Despite an outpouring of support from students, faculty, and the entire community, Chancellor Moeser refuses to follow the lead of the 42 major universities who have adopted the DSP. Call, email, and fax Chancellor Moeser today to demand a sweatfree UNC!
Chancellor Moeser (919) 962-1365:
Hello, my name is _______ and I am a ________ from ______. I am calling today to urge you to listen not just to your students, but to the workers producing your university apparel. Make UNC sweatfree and adopt the DSP today. Thank you.
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Subject: Workers' Rights Are Human Rights!
Dear [ Decision Maker ] ,
It has come to my attention that students at UNC Chapel Hill are currently engaged in a peaceful civil disobedience demanding that UNC apparel is no longer produced in sweatshops. These students have been peacefully occupying the lobby outside of your office for the past five days, and intend to continue doing so until UNC Chapel Hill officially adopts the Designated Suppliers Program (DSP). As if this weren't enough, students have been urging your administration to adopt the DSP for the past three years, and yet you have still not agreed to take a stance in support of the basic rights of workers.
As the Chancellor of a university that claims to adhere to a higher set of values, I would urge you to adopt the Designated Suppliers Program today. The workers producing apparel bearing your university name work long hours in unsafe and unsanitary factories in which they are constantly subject to physical and verbal harassment, forced overtime, and oftentimes much worse. These workers do not earn enough to support themselves, let alone a family, and when they attempt to better their working conditions they run the risk of losing their jobs, and are sometimes even threatened with physical violence. As Chancellor, you have the power to help put a stop to this.
Students at UNC Chapel Hill have shown that they are willing to put their lives on hold until their university does the right thing. It is my hope that you will follow their lead, as well as that of 42 major universities, by adopting the DSP today. If your university is to truly live up to its motto and be a "university of the people," much less a "university of the people of the world," then it is imperative that you show leadership on such an important issue. Make UNC sweatfree, adopt the DSP.
Sincerely,
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Campaign Launched:
April 20, 2008
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