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The University of Wisconsin at Madison announced on Thursday that it was cutting its ties to Russell Athetic, the clothing manufacturer. RA has been accused of closing a factory in Honduras in retaliation for union organizing there.
In November the Worker Rights Consortium released a report finding “substantial credible evidence” of such retaliation, and in late January the Fair Labor Association found that RA had engaged in “inappropriate and unacceptable actions” in response to labor organizing.
In a statement, a UW representative said that RA had not “has not met our expectations” regarding workers’ rights.
May 1 Update: FIFTY-SEVEN campuses to date. Wow!
