United Students Against Sweatshop Labor (USAS)—SJSU Chapter

Demands

We demand that San José State University join the Worker’s Rights Consortium (WRC) to ensure that SJSU apparel is not made in sweatshops, with the cost being $3,000 to join.

Target

President Mary Papazian

Status: Won

3/21/25 — SJSU United Students Against Sweatshop labor won its demands in December of 2017 when President Papazian signed on to WRC after a the students’ campaign launch and a target meeting with her three weeks laters. A previous SJSU USAS group won this same demand in 2007, but the University stepped out of this agreement when budget cuts hit in the early 2010s.

Course

Social Action

Social Action

Scott Myers-Lipton

Sociology

San Jose State University

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Social Media

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Press

KPIX CBS SF Bay Area Sandra Osborne reports on group demanding SJSU eliminate school apparel made in sweatshops (11/14/2017)