September 25, 2007
School affiliates with Workers Rights Consortium
At the end of last semester, the University of Montana approved an affiliation with the Workers Rights Consortium. The affiliation was openly debated last semester right here on the letters to the editor page. I know people are probably tired of hearing about it, but it would be ignorant to overlook the final outcome.
Students for Economic and Social Justice worked tirelessly to encourage the school to take a step in the direction of human rights. They held weekly meetings, spoke repeatedly with administration officials and organized events and protests throughout the year.
SESJ met with strong resistance from the University, not to mention a cynical barrage of letters from naysayers and skeptics that felt obliged to share their pessimistic and hateful opinions. (I never said I wasn’t spiteful, you fascist pieces of sh--.)
In the final days of last year, when students were busy with finals and the Kaimin had stopped reporting on school news, the administration approved affiliation with the Workers Rights Consortium.
So without any further ado, allow me to be the first to publicly congratulate and commend Students for Economic and Social Justice on their success and their hard work. Qué viva SESJ! I know these guys and they are really awesome. Know why? Because they are intelligent, caring people who are going to continue to work for the betterment of their community and for all those around them.
Joining the Workers Rights Consortium should not have been a difficult decision. Isn’t it great that our school publicly says it doesn’t want to do business with companies who don’t observe human rights? Aren’t those the business practices we should teach?
So let it be known, so that ignorance does not prevail, that the hard work of SESJ paid off.
Miller Resor
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