Time: 3:00 p.m. Location: outside the Ohio State University Main Library (1858 Neil Ave. Mall, Columbus, OH), on the Oval side, in front of the statue of William Oxley
CUSAS is a group of students active in ending sweatshop abuses in factories that produce OSU apparel. CWA Local 4501 is the labor union that represents public workers on the OSU campus and at the OSU Hospitals. This press conference will be the first major public Student and Labor gathering at OSU since CWA Local 4501's strike and student sit-in in Bricker Hall during May 2000. CUSAS and CWA Local 4501 will express their support for the Derby, New York New Era Cap Co. workers and members of CWA Local 14177 who have been on strike for six months. OSU has a licensing agreement with New Era Cap Co. In August 2001, one of OSU's monitors, the Worker Rights Consortium, released a report documenting New Era Cap Co.'s numerous violations of OSU's Code of Conduct in the areas of health and safety and freedom of association. We feel it is unjust for OSU to profit from the exploitation of workers. CUSAS has demanded that President Kirwan temporarily suspend OSU's contract with the New Era Cap Co. until the strike is resolved equitably, health and safety violations are corrected in the Derby factory, and New Era management stops their illegal union-busting tactics. You will be receiving a Press Release with more information on 2/15/02.
Contact: Mary Beth Tschantz, 614-538-1761 (home), <mbtschantz at yahoo.com>. -- Yoshie
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