Russell Athletic Roundup

Four pieces of news this morning in the student campaign against Russell Athletic:

• The University of Montana has become the 20th campus to cut ties with Russell. In a letter to the company, UM Executive Vice President  Jim Foley said, “We believe that your actions constitute a violation of our vendor code of conduct, which we implemented together with faculty, students and staff on our campus and we expect as a licensee for you to uphold.”

• Students in England protested Russell at the UK headquarters of RA’s parent company, Fruit of the Loom, on Tuesday. One group of protesters staged a die-in as others dressed as the “Fruit of Doom” mock-trampled them.

• In an effort to blunt the effect of United Students Against Sweatshops’ Rein In Russell blog, which is located at reininrussell.blogspot.com, Russell Athletic has apparently purchased the domain reininrussell.com, which it is operating as a mirror of its “Social Responsibility Resource Site.” 

• Russell’s critics have found their way to the Russell Athletic facebook fan page.