Students from 6 universities present at the University Executive Council of the FLA 8 proposals to improve the FLA and all 8 are rejected. The WRC is officially unveiled. Haryanto speaks about how he was fired after presenting workers in the factory with Nike s own code of conduct. Penn Students win full public disclosure from the university after a well attended rally in support of it. Right s Consortium and ask that the University join, while withdrawing from the Fair Labor Association by February 1 st .
Students also call on the university to create a stronger code of conduct.
After two weeks of being denied a meeting with Penn President Judith Rodin, Students Against Sweatshops occupy her office for 1.5 hours until the President agrees to meet with them. President Rodin continues to insist that Brown is not a member of the WRC, despite the fact that Brown released a press release stating their membership. December 1999 Collaborating with unions and community groups in the city, Penn Students Against Sweatshops and Councilman David Cohen work for the passage of a resolution in the Philadelphia City Council calling on all area colleges and universities to reject the Fair Labor Association and to join the Worker Rights Consortium. Instead, she decides Penn should form a code of conduct, but is resistant to the idea of living wage language. She insists the University will not withdraw from the FLA nor join the WRC by February 1 st .