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Stitching T-shirts Together in Protest

Saturday 17th of March 2007 12:07:15 AM

Because there are still many sweatshops in the United States and other countries, protest groups like the Stanford Sweat-Free Coalition are trying to spread awareness of the treatment and wages those who work in these shops receive every day. Student protestors from Stanford University, California, USA stitched a quilt made from old T-Shirts during one protest as a way to draw attention to their cause. After sewing the T-Shirts together, the coordinator of the group presented them with a check for 37 cents, which is allegedly what some workers are earning.

“The concept is to show students and visiting parents what sweatshop conditions are like. Thirty-seven cents for an hour of labor is hardly living wage. Since meeting with President [John] Hennessy, we are dedicating more time toward spreading the word about our campaign, gaining more support and expanding our influence,” said one member of the group, Theresa Zhen.

Students who belong to the coalition want to ensure that collegiate T-Shirts and other items bought by the university are not being manufactured in sweatshops. “We’re one step closer to insuring that the indirect employees of Stanford University have their rights upheld by two commendable organisations. Hopefully, they will soon get long-term contracts, compensation, living wages and clean working environments,” said Mark Liu, who helped coordinate the event.

Student protestors worked for one hour stitching together T-Shirts in an effort to simulate what sweatshop workers must do each day. The wage they received is all representative of wages received for work.

The coalition will meet with the Director of business development Susan Weinstein to talk more about the University joining the Worker Rights Consortium (WRC) and the Designated Suppliers Program (DSP), which only distributes merchandise that is not manufactured in sweatshops.

(c)Zac Nelson, www.sxc.hu