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    "The fight is never about grapes or lettuce. It is always about people."
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    :: Monday, March 28, 2005 ::

    UConn to beef up anti-sweatshop labor with new co-op feature Newsday.com - AP
    HARTFORD, Conn. -- The University of Connecticut will sell union-made T-shirts and other apparel in an effort to combat sweatshop labor that has produced college paraphernalia.

    William Simpson, president and general manager of the UConn Co-op, said the bookstore has agreed to set up an area that will feature logo apparel made in the United States by unionized workers.
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