Last week, UW Chancellor Biddy Martin announced her decision to terminate UW-Madisonâ??s Russell Athletics contract over worker rights violations in the apparel companyâ??s Jerzees de Honduras factory. The factory was the subject of an investigation by the Worker Rights Consortium, which confirmed that Russellâ??s union-busting behavior clearly violated not only UW-Madisonâ??s Code of Conduct for apparel producers, but also Honduran law and internationally recognized labor standards. Chancellor Martin made the right call.
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