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UCSC is in Violation of their Code of Conduct

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~Bradley
bradley*riseup.net (verified)

Date Created

06 Oct 2005

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On October 5, UC Santa Cruz students, workers and Santa Cruz community members held a rally in the Baytree Plaza to raise awareness about the sweatshop-made uniforms purchased for dinning hall workers and the sweatshop-made UCSC apparel. After the rally in the Baytree Plaza, we marched to the office of Chancellor Denise Denton which is in the same building as the McHenry Library.

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Verification: It shall be the responsibility of each University licensee to ensure its compliance with this Code, and to verify that its contractors are in compliance with this Code. - University of California, Code of Conduct for Trademark Licensees, 2000

It was not a surprise that Chancellor Denton was no where to be found. Instead, the chancellor's assistant, Ciel Benedetto, was presented a list of ways that UCSC can respect workers rights without perchasing from sweatshops.

Why is it that the University of California purchases goods from sweatshops and then marks up the retail price so high?

Why is it that the university can justify paying numerous police officers, Dan Wood from UCSC's demonstration response team and the guy in charge of campus labor relations to escort the demonstration?

Wednesday's action was organized by AFSCME, Comercio Justo and the Student and Worker Coalition for Justice, as part of a national campaign sponsored by United Students Against Sweatshops, UNITE HERE! and Global Exchange.

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