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Resolution
for an All-CSU Anti-Sweatshop Policy
Passed unanimously at CFA Board
of Directors Meeting, June 18, 2005
Whereas, CSU campuses buy and sell apparel, athletic uniforms, and other
items displaying campus names, trademarks, mascots, and logos;
Whereas, many of these garments and items are manufactured in sweatshop
conditions;
Whereas, public tax dollars and student fees should not be expended in a
manner that supports these sweatshop conditions but rather should be an
incentive to contractors and subcontractors to provide adequate wages
and working conditions as defined by national and international law;
Whereas, many colleges and universities in the United States have
adopted “sweat free” procurement, contracting, and licensing policies;
Whereas, the University of California Board of Regents has adopted an
anti-sweatshop “code of conduct” for UC trademark licensees that applies
to all UC campuses;
Whereas, many CSU campuses (such as SLO, SDSU, SFSU, CSULB, CSUSB,
Chico, SJSU ) have adopted some form of anti-sweatshop policy or
corporate code of conduct for Athletic Departments, bookstores, campus
shops, and trademark licensees;
Whereas, on October 8, 2003 the State of California adopted a state law
(SB 578) requiring all state agencies to insure and certify that
contractors and subcontractors do not operate or support sweatshops;
Be it therefore resolved, that the Board of Directors of the California
Faculty Association strongly recommends to the Board of Trustees of the
California State University direct that they direct the Chancellor’s
Office to review and revise CSU and campus procurement, contracting, and
licensing policies to ensure that the CSU does not support sweatshops.
And, be it further resolved that the Board of Directors of the
California Faculty Association strongly recommends to the Board of
Trustees of the California State University that they adopt a “sweat
free university” code of conduct to ensure that apparel, uniforms, and
other items purchased or licensed by CSU campuses are manufactured by
responsible employers and vendors who can certify that decent conditions
prevail in their factories. This code of conduct should be developed
based on the following principles:
1) non poverty wages (as defined, for instance, by the “No Sweat”
Procurement Resolution of the LAUSD);
2) safe and healthy working conditions;
3) worker rights to assemble and organize;
4) prohibition of child labor (commonly defined as children under the
age of 15 or the legal age for employment in a specific country);
5) disclosure of plant locations and the names and addresses of all
factories making goods for the CSU or any of its campuses;
6) appropriate enforcement mechanisms and penalties;
7) membership in the Workers Rights Consortium as a means to enforce the
CSU Code of Conduct.
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