Grand Valley State University’s (GVSU) Students Against Sweatshops (SAS) held a Sweat-Free Fashion Show September 14 on campus, in solidarity with the United Students Against Sweatshops’ national day of action. The fashion show highlighted the sweatshop conditions that GVSU’s apparel is made under and raised awareness about the group’s Sweat-Free Campus campaign. The Designated Supplier Program (DSP) that SAS is working for would ensure that all campus apparel be purchased from brands that manufacture their garments in factories that pay a living wage and don’t participate in practices of union-busting. The details of the program have recently been reworked by USAS, and GVSU’s administration must approve the new program before the DSP can be implemented at the university.
