We focus on using our power as students to support issues of economic and social justice both on our campuses, in our cities and globally. 2000 Reproduce and Distribute United Students Against Sweatshops Emergency Support for College Apparel Workers in Mexico Pregnant women being carried out in a hurry after paid thugs begin to beat the Kukdong workers. On Tuesday January 9 at 8am 800 workers making college apparel in Mexico staged a work stoppage. The Kukdong International Mexico factory makes sweatshirts for the Universities of Michigan, North Carolina, Oregon, Arizona and Indiana, amongst others. It is located in Atlixco, Puebla.
Workers plan to continue the stoppage until the company meets the demands.
They have taken over the factory and are controlling the gates. Already they have been harassed with anonymous notes and there is some fear that the police or union thugs might attack them. We write you to ask for your support and solidarity with the stoppage we have done. The workers continue to build strength and almost unanimously have stayed on strike. They have been mobilizing for a demonstration and march tomorrow, which they expect will attract more than 1000 people.