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UW-Madison Cancels Nike Contract; C.U. Labor Activists Hope Univ. Will Follow Suit (The Cornell Daily Sun)

The University of Wisconsin-Madison cancelled its licensing agreement with Nike Inc. on Apr. 9, becoming the first university to respond directly to the companyâ??s recent labor violations in Honduras. According to Chancellor Biddy Martin, former provost of Cornell, Nike did not adequately support Honduran workers after two factories shut down abruptly in Jan. 2009.