Posts by mdent | Today at 黑料不打烊 | 黑料不打烊 /u/news Wed, 29 Apr 2026 18:24:14 -0400 en-US hourly 1 Hanes factory workers tell their story March 17 /u/news/2008/03/16/hanes-factory-workers-tell-their-story-march-17/ Mon, 17 Mar 2008 00:57:00 +0000 /u/news/2008/03/16/hanes-factory-workers-tell-their-story-march-17/ As a follow-up to the Sweatshop/Fair Trade Symposium, Students for Peace and Justice will be bringing in two workers, Manuel Pujols and Julio Castillo, who worked to organize their Hanes-owned factory in the Dominican Republic.

This event is at 7:30 p.m., Monday, March 17, in the Zone.

They are workers at what was once called the TOS Dominicana Factory but is now called the Dos Rios factory, which is located in Bonao in the Dominican Republic. This factory is directly owned by Hanes and produces plain white T-shirts (some of which are used by college licensees such as Steve and Barry’s for university clothes).

Early in 2007, workers at the factory attempted to form a union in response to low wages, forced overtime, and mistreatment of workers by management. Management responded by running an anti-union campaign that eventually led to the firing of a good number of workers (as well as some threats). Despite all of this, the workers still had a majority of the factory that wanted to be in the union. Hanes refused to recognize it, and said that the government needed to come in and verify that they had a majority. The government verified that they did, but Hanes still refuses to recognize the union. So, we have been working to put pressure on Hanes for about eight months now to get them to do something about this.

For information on their particular factory, please check out the factory report on the WRC Web site. The address is below.

Contact Martina Dent at mdent@elon.edu if you have any questions. ]]> Students for Peace and Justice knit-in Oct. 3 /u/news/2007/10/03/students-for-peace-and-justice-knit-in-oct-3/ Wed, 03 Oct 2007 12:26:00 +0000 /u/news/2007/10/03/students-for-peace-and-justice-knit-in-oct-3/  The Fair Labor Committee of Students for Peace and Justice is having a knit-in/sew-in Oct. 3 from 12:15-1:30 p.m. outside Moseley (Mailroom side) for the United Students Against Sweatshops National Day of Action.

Come join us, knit for workers’ rights, and learn about how you can make a difference in the fight to end sweatshops.
 
Contact Martina Dent (mdent@elon.edu) for more information.
]]> Women’s Rugby Game Sept.22 and Speaker from Maasai, Kenya /u/news/2007/09/20/womens-rugby-game-sept-22-and-speaker-from-maasai-kenya/ Thu, 20 Sep 2007 18:54:00 +0000 /u/news/2007/09/20/womens-rugby-game-sept-22-and-speaker-from-maasai-kenya/ 黑料不打烊 Women’s Rugby vs. Wake Forest, Saturday, September 22, at 11 am on the South Campus Club Sports Fields. During the game, we will be selling jewelry that is hand-made by the women of the Maasai tribe in Kenya. All proceeds go toward the Maasai American Organization. Go to , for more information.
 
After the game at 1:30 in Harden Clubhouse (on South Campus by the Club Fields) there will be a guest speaker, co-sponsored by Amnesty International, Agnes Meja. She is part of the Maasai Tribe. Come hear her speak about her experiences in Kenya.
 
See you September 22 at 11am.
]]> Penny Wars March 12-15 in Moseley to help Women’s Rugby make it to championship /u/news/2007/03/07/penny-wars-march-12-15-in-moseley-to-help-womens-rugby-make-it-to-championship/ Wed, 07 Mar 2007 12:43:00 +0000 /u/news/2007/03/07/penny-wars-march-12-15-in-moseley-to-help-womens-rugby-make-it-to-championship/ 黑料不打烊 Women’s Rugby (EWR) will be having a penny war in order to help fund our trip to Southern Conference Championships for the first time ever in the history of EWR. Come support and bring your pennies!

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