DC joins Global Day of Action against Nike

The Georgetown Nike store, 3040 M St. NW, Washington DC, will be the focus of a protest and picket line tomorrow afternoon (see Calendar). Workers at the STAR factory in Honduras have been hit with a massive 400 person anti-union surprise layoff recently, along with documented systemic wage theft and physical and sexual abuse at other Nike factories in Indonesia.Tomorrow’s Georgetown action is part of a coordinated global day of protests in more than 16 US cities along with protests by garment factory unions in five other countries, all coordinated by United Students Against Sweatshops (USAS), the largest student run workers' rights organization. For more information on the DC event click here and for information on the campaign click here and here.

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