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, the ...

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 (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal republic of 50 U.S. state, states and a federal capital district, Washington, D.C. The 48 ...

, particularly those bearing

college A college (Latin: ''collegium'') may be a tertiary educational institution (sometimes awarding degrees), part of a collegiate university, an institution offering vocational education, a further education institution, or a secondary sc ...

or university

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s. The WRC was founded in 2000 by student activists including members of United Students Against Sweatshops.

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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