After a 45-hour sit in, anti-sweathop activists at York University in Toronto win big.

"We are exhausted but pleased with this commitment," said Terrance
Luscombe, a York University student and member of the Sustainable Purchasing
Coalition. "York students don't want our university to condone the use of
sweatshop labour and we don't understand why it took so long for university
administrators to join the 21st Century and make this simple commitment."
   The Sustainable Purchasing Coalition held a rally Thursday asking the
university to adopt students' proposed 'no-sweat' policy. Immediately
following the rally, the students attempted to deliver a petition containing
more than 1,000 signatures in support of a no-sweatshop policy to President
Shoukri. When they were told the president was unavailable to see them, the
students decided to stay. The sit-in continued with students camping out for
two nights.
   "This is an excellent way to mark the 100th anniversary of International
Women's Day," said Kelly Holloway, President of the York University Graduate
Students' Association. "Unfortunately millions of workers around the world,
and even in North America, are still paid appallingly low wages and denied
basic workplace rights. We look forward to seeing York's no-sweatshop policy
in place by next month."