The Worker Rights Consortium (WRC) is an independent

labor rights Labor rights or workers' rights are both legal rights and human rights relating to labor relations between workers and employers. These rights are codified in national and international labor and employment law. In general, these rights infl ...

monitoring organization focused on protecting the rights of workers who sew apparel and make other products sold in the

United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country Continental United States, primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 U.S. state, states, a Washington, D.C., ...

, particularly those bearing

college A college (Latin: ''collegium'') is an educational institution or a constituent part of one. A college may be a degree-awarding tertiary educational institution, a part of a collegiate or federal university, an institution offerin ...

or university

logo A logo (abbreviation of logotype; ) is a graphic mark, emblem, or symbol used to aid and promote public identification and recognition. It may be of an abstract or figurative design or include the text of the name it represents as in a wo ...

s. The WRC was founded in 2000 by student activists including members of

United Students Against Sweatshops United Students Against Sweatshops (USAS) is a student organization founded in 1998 with chapters at over 250 colleges and universities in the United States and Canada. In April 2000, USAS founded the Worker Rights Consortium (WRC), an independe ...

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Worker Rights Consortium
(homepage)
Brand Responsibility Project Records
2004-2012.0.84 cubic feet (2 boxes) of textual materials plus 83.8 GB of digital files. {{authority control Political advocacy groups in the United States Consortia in the United States 2001 establishments in the United States Organizations established in 2001 Workers' rights organizations based in the United States