<div class="gmail_quote"><div>hey all, this is coming from a fellow student who just attended a conference in ohio, hosted by united students against sweatshops (usas). </div><div><br></div><div> they're running a national campaign to kick sodexo off campuses due to labor and human rights abuses world wide. sodexo has their hands in a lot of shady businesses, among them serving sub-par food to college students. while it's been attempted at hampshire before, now we have the resources a national campaign and its momentum to support us in getting rid of sodexo for good. </div>
<div><br></div><div>check it out... </div><div><br></div><div>United Students Against Sweatshops is waging a nation-wide campaign against Sodexo for their bad world-wide labor practices, in the hopes that by targeting the biggest fish in college contracting it will send a message to the larger world that students won't tolerate their school's $$$ going to exploitation and abuses of worker's rights. The campaign is big and is raging. In January student protesters stormed the stage of the Sodexo global shareholder's meeting in Paris. And some schools are going all-out militant with sit ins and civil disobedience over this. As Hampshire students we are reluctant Sodexo benefactors I think it is Hampshire's role to step in and join the fight. </div>
<div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>So the meeting: </div><div><font size="4">5:00 Sunday in the film photo building (so we can watch some video clips) </font></div><div><font size="4"><br>
</font></div><div>bring yourself to hear from Claire, the USAS regional organizer for our area. And to strategize about building a coalition and CAMPAIGN! </div><div>This first meeting will be more of an open discussion weighing options and talking about possibilities, so any folks who want to learn more or are already pumped to organize should come along. We are not going to flier about it for stealth-sake so please spread by word of mouth or listserv.</div>
<div><br></div><div><br></div><font color="#888888"><div>-Will </div>
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