On November 20th, 2008 members of the Student Labor Action Project and their community allies rallied in Red Square at the University of Washington to protest the university's decision to sign a $39 million, ten year apparel contract with labor rights abuser NIKE. 150 Students marched up to the Board of Regents meeting to demand that the university include Designated Supplier Program (DSP)standards (living wage, union neutrality, etc) in the NIKE contract...
Washington students seem to have more sense than the ones here at UO. Nike has completely bought out the University of Oregon and no one says anything about it. Anyway, I have six videos posted here at Utube about my research of the Nike takeover and sports spending "arms race" here in Eugene, Oregon in case you are interested. To find them use the Utube search with keywords:nike university of oregon.
luddite333 3 years ago