We've had a few meetings sonce that first one in January, and so far we've decided to scale down and concentrate on the essential ingredients of gaining support for our campaign: tabling, speaking to classes, and having multiple events. We are hopefully going to meet with Dr. Dianne van Hook soon to ask her if COC can be signed on to the Workers Rights' Consortium, and if she says no, the pressure will start. Our plan is to gain allies in high places, to hold peaceful demonstrations in solidarity with sweatshop labourers, and things like that. It all depends on how much student support there is...
Progressive Student Alliance met yesterday for the first time this new year of 2008. We came out of that meeting with fresh insight into the plight of Bangla-Desh sweatshop workers and with renewed vigour to do all we can this semester to win our campaign to get College of the Canyons to sign on as a member of the Workers' Rights Consortium. We will hopefully come up with some useful strategies for getting the administration to see our way as far as the WRC goes, and not have to resort to hunger strikes and sit-ins to get our campaign fulfilled. Last semester was successful in that the group got it's name out there, built a contact list, and hosted a few events that raised awareness about the situation worldwide when it comes to sweatshops. We will have better events this Spring semester! We will gain members until College of the Canyons joins the Workers' Rights Consortium, and the clothes bearing the school logo are no longer made by people with no voice to change their working conditions.
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