<DIV>Students at Perdue University are about to enter their 19th day of hunger strike! The 15 participants are continuing their fight for clothing carrying their university logo to be made according to the Designated Suppliers Program (DSP). </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>The DSP stipulates that university logoed clothing must be made in factories:<BR>1) Where workers have a democratic union or are free to form one<BR>2) Where workers can bargain toward a living wage<BR>3) Where Purdue's already established Code of Conduct is followed</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>You can see a picture of the occupied building here:<SPAN> <A href="http://web.ics.purdue.edu/~ahanna/hs/wp-content/uploads/2006/11/dsc04238.JPG" target=_blank rel=nofollow><FONT color=#003399>http://web.ics.purdue.edu/~ahanna/hs/wp-content/uploads/2006/11/dsc04238.JPG</FONT></A> </SPAN></DIV> <div><SPAN></SPAN> </div> <div><SPAN>Mark, one of the participants in the hunger strike sent
us this message this morning:</SPAN></div> <DIV><BR>"We'd like to say that the support we're getting from everyone is amazing. It's the key reason that we've been able to keep it up"</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>They will be meeting with the university admin tomorrow (december 6th) and taking along a rally of supporters in the hope of forcing the university to sign the DSP. <BR><BR>For the most up to date info check out <A href="http://www.perduehungerstrike.org">www.perduehungerstrike.org</A> and sign the online petition at <A href="http://www.petitiononline.com/nosweat/petition.html" target=_new><FONT color=#3b5998>http://www.petitiononline.com/nosweat/</FONT>petition.html</A> and for any Facebook users, join the group at <A href="http://leedsac.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2220276342">http://leedsac.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2220276342</A>.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Please send messages of solidarity to <A href="mailto:purdue_ole@yahoo.com"><FONT
color=#3b5998>purdue_ole@yahoo.com</FONT></A> as they are very much appreciated!</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>In Solidarity,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Heather</DIV> <DIV>No Sweat</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><BR> </DIV> <DIV><BR> </DIV><BR><BR>"Years ago I recognised my kinship with living things, and I made up my mind that I was not one bit better than the meanest on the earth. I said then and I say now, that while there is a lower class, I am in it; while there is a criminal element, I am of it; while there is a soul in prison, I am not free" <br>Eugene Debs, US Presidential Candidate 1920<br><br>www.redheff.livejournal.com<p> 
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