Fwd: Saturday Adidas Action with folks from across the country and the UK!

[Spencer Beswick]

Hey all,

I think this would be a really good action to go to. It's a Boston-wide protest on Saturday that is part of an international day of action against Adidas. If folks are interested I'm already planning on meeting up with a few people at the Tufts campus center at about 1pm tomorrow to head down to it together. The more people the better, let me know!

-Spencer

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From: Emma MacDonald <emma.r.m...@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, Nov 29, 2012 at 12:13 PM
Subject: Fwd: Saturday Adidas Action with folks from across the country and the UK!
To: Spencer Beswick <spencer...@gmail.com>

Please forward to tufts labor coalition listserv! They want everyone there from tufts

Emma MacDonald

(508) 259-2765

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Subject: Saturday Adidas Action with folks from across the country and the UK!

Hey hey friends -

As many of you may know, there has been a call by United Students Against Sweatshops and our UK allies, People & Planet, for an international day of action against Adidas this Saturday! Folks from People & Planet will be hitting every Adidas store in the UK and USAS-ers across the country will be joining them in showing Adidas that we will not stand for their egregious worker's rights violations.

In Boston, we will be joining this international call for action by having an action in Downtown Boston at Expressions - they have a lot of Adidas apparel and an Adidas logo next to their name (486 Washington St).

The plan is the following:

- The action will begin approximately around 2. I'll be there about 30-45 mins before to scout the site. It'd be awesome if folks could arrive early as well so we can get roles down and everything. I am down to meet up with people before heading to Downtown if anyone wants to go with me.

- First, we're going to do a letter delegation to management to demand they cut it's business with Adidas along with guerilla flyering the store to raise awareness

- Additionally, we will be doing this awesome flash mob that was done at the USAS boot camp at Rutgers University just 9 days before their president cut RU's contract with Adidas! I think it'd be great if it went down in the street in front of the store considering Saturday in Downtown will be bustling with people walking around. We'll go over it there and we can decide where and how many times we will do this :)

- Flyering should happen during the flashmob as well. The more people find out the true nature of Adidas, the better!

- VIDEO + PICTURES!!

Check out this video of the Rutgers action: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8Ww5B7sp-o&feature=player_embedded.

The lyrics are:
"HEEEY Adidas - no no no no no. sweat-free style!
HEEEY Adidas - drop, drop drop drop drop / drop adidas
HEEEY Adidas - no no no no no. sweat-free style!
HEEEY Adidas - drop, drop drop drop drop / drop adidas
ARE YOU SWEAT FREE? HEY YOU SHOULD BE"

- Recommendations are welcome

AFTERWARDS:

We will be having a pizza + beer (or drink of your choice) get-together with all of you wonderful Bostonians. There is so much student-labor momentum going on in Boston and it'd be great if us as students were more connected. Plus, everyone is awesome so it's time we all met each other :) the location is to be determined (if you'd like to offer your place, that would be awesome).

Please e-mail me back saying what you will be able to attend so I have an estimate in mind.

Get excited!

That's all for now, thanks for reading <3

Love,

Daniela Gonzalez-Jatar
954-471-5116

If you know anyone that would be interested in joining in on all of this goodness, and is not in this thread, please forward them this e-mail. Everyone is welcome!