An Interview with Ethix Merch CEO Daniel Cardozo Daniel Cardozo, CEO of Ethix Merch and a member of the Buy Your Values UCLA Steering Committee, sat down with Labor 411’s Sahid Fawaz to talk about ethical manufacturing in the garment industry. SF: Thank you for taking the time to talk with us. Can you tell our readers a little bit …
An Interview with Ian Robinson of the Sweatfree Purchasing Consortium Ian Robinson, Ph.D., President of the Sweatfree Purchasing Consortium, sat down with Labor 411’s Sahid Fawaz for an interview on the organization’s work and mission. SF: Can you provide us with some background on the Sweatfree Purchasing Consortium? IR: The Sweatfree Purchasing Consortium (SPC) was formed in 2010 by the anti-sweatshop …
‘They weren’t even sweating. We were the ones sweating!’ Shein is a giant in the fast fashion industry – an industry so large and pervasive that the average consumer has five times more clothing now than in the 1980s. A key part of Shein’s marketing strategy is using social media to reach millions of consumers. “Hauls” litter TikTok with influencers …
An Interview with Catholic Ethical Purchasing Alliance coordinator, Grace Adams Labor 411’s Sahid Fawaz sat down with Buy Your Values Steering Committee Member and Catholic Ethical Purchasing Alliance (“CEPA”) coordinator, Grace Adams, for a Q&A about its role as a partner in the Buy Your Values UCLA Campaign. Sahid: Thank you for taking a few minutes to chat about CEPA’s …
An Interview with Nayantara Banerjee of the Garment Worker Center Nayantara Banerjee, Industry Researcher and Strategist at the Garment Worker Center and a member of the Buy Your Values UCLA Steering Committee, sat down with Labor 411’s Sahid Fawaz to talk about the Garment Worker Center’s role in the UCLA campaign. Sahid: Thank you for taking the time to chat …
We are pleased to announce the formation of an activist steering committee made up of students, faculty, garment workers and other groups aligned with our socially responsible values to kick off the Buy Your Values UCLA movement this year. Our goal is to raise awareness about ethical purchasing, and specifically to get ethical and union-made products into the UCLA bookstore. …
The Catholic Ethical Purchasing Alliance (CEPA) held week-long immersions at The Industrial Commons in Morganton, NC in March with John Carroll University, College of the Holy Cross and Fordham University. Over 40 students, faculty, and staff experienced firsthand the innovation of a localized supply chain in the garment industry. Participants learned humanitarian and environmental injustices that occur within fast fashion …
April 27 Event to Spotlight Rampant Wage Theft Caroline Luce Ph.D. is a lecturer at UCLA’s Institute for Research on Labor & Employment. Her specialty is immigration, labor, and working-class culture in the American West. She is also a member of the Buy Your Values UCLA Steering Committee and is coordinating the Pay Your Workers campaign to bring speakers to …
