• FLA-University Developments (1999-2005)
• Colleges and Universities Affiliated with the FLA
• University Advisory Council Bylaws
• Members of the University Advisory Council Executive Committee

To learn more about how your university can join the FLA, download the University Registration Form.

For questions about the University Program please contact Sarah Labowitz at 202-898-1000 x201.

FLA's Perspective and Analysis on the USAS Designated Supplier Program proposal

In September 2005, student anti-sweatshop groups across the country urged their campus administrators to support a new proposal aimed at strengthening worker rights in the workplace. The proposal, entitled Designated Supplier Program authored by United Students Against Sweatshop (USAS), calls for greater assurances for freedom of association and living wage in a supplier's supply chain.

The FLA program, including the development of FLA 3.0 and the licensee program, leverages the FLA multi-stakeholder constituency to improve lives of workers around the world. If you need further material or information, please contact Sarah Labowitz at slabowitz@fairlabor.org.

To listen to the audio recordings from the FLA-WRC Joint Forum in Chicago on March 31, 2006, please click on the following links:

Scott Nova, WRC, Executive Director
Auret van Heeden, FLA, President/CEO
Mark Barenberg, Professor of Labor Law, Columbia University, New York
Jorge Perez-Lopez, FLA, Director of Monitoring
Questions and Answers
Conclusion

Here are some documents that summarize the evolving dialogue.

Background Materials:

• USAS Designated Supplier Program proposal (PDF, released September 27, 2005)

FLA's Perspective and Analysis:

• FLA's Approach to Sustainable Improvement of Labor Conditions in Factories (PDF, February 2006)
  
• Public Statement on the USAS Designated Suppliers Program proposal (PDF, released October 17, 2005)
  
• Issues and Comments on the DSP (PDF, released February 16, 2006) and WRC Responds to Issues and Comments document (PDF, March 4, 2006)
  
• Points for Schools to Consider Regarding the FLA Program and the DSP (PDF, released March 2006)
  
• University Anti-Trust Considerations for DSP (PDF, released March 28, 2006)
  
• USAS Launches FLA Watch website (March 2006)
  
• FLA Response to USAS' FLA Watch website (PDF, released March 28, 2006)
  
• Is it the FLA versus the WRC, or the FLA and the WRC? (PDF, released March 29, 2006)
  
• Basic Critique of DSP by Auret van Heerden (PDF, released March 30, 2006)
  
• Summary Notes: Joint Forum, UC Berkeley (PDF, March 30, 2006)
  
• Summary Notes: Joint Forum, Chicago, IL (PDF, March 31, 2006)
  
• The FLA Process and Program Plans (PDF, April 26, 2006)