Villanova Student Labor Action Movement

Hello friends and supporters-- We are reactivating this page and will be sharing information about our upcoming campaigns, actions, and ways you can virtually support our work this upcoming semester. Thank you for following, stay safe 💙

Thank you to everyone who participated in virtual actions! You helped pressure under armour into doing the right thing! ✊

VICTORY!

USAS just learned that Under Armour has committed to pay in full for orders already completed and in production! Follow the Worker Rights Consortium Covid-19 Tracker (www.workersrights.org/issues/covid-19/tracker) to check out other brands that have paid up, along with companies that need to follow suit.

This is a great win for thousands of garment workers producing for Under Armour across the globe. Payment of orders will help offset financial uncertainty for workers and their families during this pandemic. Other corporations such as Gap, Walmart, Ross, and Amazon must also commit to paying for their orders in full!

While we celebrate this victory we also know that multibillion-dollar corporations, including the likes of Under Armour and Nike, must be accountable to workers who make their profits possible. Long have brands underpaid workers to reap immense profit off of their labor, union-busted to circumvent workplace organizing efforts, and evaded responsibility for the devastation workers face when brands cut and run -- ultimately impacting entire communities. Paying for orders they already placed is the least they can do to be responsible to garment workers. The struggle does not end here as workers on the ground continue to build power and fight for their livelihoods in the face of corporate greed.

Shout out to everyone who participated in the tweet storms, photo actions, sent demand letters, and signed and shared the petition. Thank you for your solidarity!

Happy May Day!

On this Workers Memorial Day, we remember and pay tribute to those who have lost their lives on the job or who have been injured or made sick. We call for an end to the unnecessary deaths of our brothers and sisters, and action to prevent them.

Support UIC RA's using the script below to call the Chancellor's office!

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Help RA’s with just one phone call!

If you have a twitter, please take part in this action and tweet at Under Armour!

Digital action at 2pm EST today! Just yesterday USAS got word from Indonesian garment workers producing Under Armour apparel that, as a result of COVID-19, Under Armour has cut the wages of workers by half! They have called on our solidarity to demand that Under Armour commit to paying full wages - are you ready to stand in solidarity with garment workers? Read more here as well: usas.org/paymentgarmentworkers

Take action in support of garment workers TODAY at 2pm EST by tweeting Under Armour

Supporter tweet: I support garment workers! It’s time for to join major brands like & in committing to pay in full for orders completed and in production. usas.org/paygarmentworkers

Worker solidarity tweet:
I support workers at Pt. Kahoindah Citragarment in Indonesia who are making apparel! Their wages have been cut by 50%! must commit to pay completed/orders in production in full! usas.org/paygarmentworkers

Student tweet: Students like me are in solidarity with garment workers! If could why can’t pay for orders completed/in production. usas.org/paygarmentworkers

If your university licenses with Under Armour (University of Maryland, University of California system, University of Wisconsin–Madison, etc) tweet the following:

As a student of (university) which licenses with I demand you stop putting the livelihoods of garment workers at risk! Commit to pay for completed/orders in production in full! did it why can’t you? usas.org/paygarmentworkers

Please sign and share this petition to support garment workers during this crisis. We are demanding that corporations such as Nike and Under Amour pay for the orders they already placed before the pandemic

https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/support-garment-workers-now-nike-under-armour-need-to-pay-up-justpayit-workersoverunderarmour?source=direct_link&

Support Garment Workers Now- Nike & Under Armour Need to Pay Up! #JustPayIt #WorkersOverUnderArmour The global pandemic we’re facing has led to growing precarity in the lives of millions of workers across the garment supply chain. Unlike other international garment brands such as Adidas, multibillion-dollar corporations like Nike and Under Armour have failed to publicly assure suppliers that the...