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Dear President Sample: I am extremely disappointed to hear that, even though students on your campus have been brining this issue to your attention for the past eight years, the University of Southern California has refused to make a real commitment to ensuring that the rights of workers producing your licensed apparel are protected. Given that your university claims to adhere to a higher standard, I am surprised not only by your lack of regard for workers' rights, but for your repeated attempts to silence your very own students. Despite overwhelming student support, USC has refused not only to join the thirty-one major universities that have adopted the Designated Suppliers Program, which would ensure that university apparel is produced in factories in which workers truly have the right to form a union and earn a living wage. Not only that, but your university has fallen behind the 167 other universities, not to mention the city of Los Angeles, that have affiliated with the Worker Rights Consortium. Two weeks ago, a worker from one of the factories producing clothes for universities spoke on your campus about the ways in which brands like Nike cut and run from her factory as soon as workers successfully formed a union. Despite this first hand evidence, USC has proven unwilling to take the steps necessary to ensure that these brands are held accountable for their destructive business practices. By refusing to make a real commitment to the rights of the workers producing USC apparel, your university is failing to live up to its stated image as a first-tier university that has high regard for its students and citizens. Eight years long enough. Adopt the DSP and affiliate with the WRC NOW!

Sincerely,