April 2, 1999
Sweatshop Protest Ends at U. of Michigan
Thirty students ended a two-day sit-in at the University of Michigan in March over the institution's new code of conduct for factories making college apparel. In response to the protest, the university revised its proposed code to demand more rights for workers in those factories.
"We declare the sit-in a victory in a number of ways," said Lee Palmer, one of the protesters. "We have the No. 1 strongest policy in the country, and that
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