By Kate Wagner
On August 11, students held a picket against the Nike store in Georgetown, Washington DC. United Students Against Sweatshops (USAS), the group that organized the event, says that Nike is pulling all apparel jobs out of Indonesia in response to a union organizing effort there. This threatens 30,000 garment workers’ jobs—including workers who sew apparel for Georgetown University and other academic institutions. The picket came in response to Indonesian unions’ call for international solidarity.
The event organizers seemed excited about expanding the campaign against Nike on college campuses this fall. Meghan Brophy, who joined USAS as a student at Barnard College, explained: “it’s really empowering to fight for economic justice nationally and internationally, in solidarity for workers’ rights. Alone we’re like fingers, but together we make a fist.”
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