Why has U-M not adopted the United Students Against Sweatshops’ (USAS) Designated Suppliers Program (DSP) proposal for the manufacture of university-licensed goods?
A. The ACLSHR carefully reviewed the DSP proposal when it was introduced by Students Organized for Labor and Economic Equality (SOLE) in late 2005. Since then, the committee has continued to study the proposal and recommended in April 2006 and again on April 16, 2007 that U-M not endorse the DSP idea because of issues regarding its overall approach and basic questions about its feasibility. The University is concerned that moving to the DSP’s highly regulated, rules-based system is not workable and could lead to unintended and negative consequences for apparel workers, such as the closing of factories, loss of jobs for apparel workers and disruption of positive working relationships.
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