Current Activism: Chicago Colleges
United Students Against Sweatshops
Mary Wehrle
The United Students Against Sweatshops is a nation wide student organization connected by e-mail and the Internet. USAS uses tactics such as teach-ins, rallies, sit-ins, and fasts to protest sweatshops and bring attention to other labor and poverty issues. At some schools they take over the dean’s office, make their own films and conduct anti-sweat fashion shows.