U
      of
      Toronto
      anti-
     
     
      sweatshop
      protest
      ends
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      By
      Nicola
      Luksic
     
     
      Source:
      The
      Varsity
     
    
   
   
    
     
      TORONTO
      (CUP)
      -
      After
     
     
      10
      days
      holed
      up
      in
      the
     
     
      University
      of
      Toronto
     
     
      president's
      office
      in
      hopes
     
     
      of
      forcing
      the
      University
      to
     
     
      adopt
      a
      code
      of
      conduct
      for
     
     
      clothes
      bearing
      the
      school
     
     
      insignia,
      the
      Students
     
     
      Against
      Sweatshops
     
     
      reluctantly
      left
      their
      post.
     
    

    
     
      The
      University
     
     
      refused
      to
      negotiate
      with
      the
     
     
      demonstrators
      until
      the
     
     
      office
      was
      freed.
     
    

    
     
      But
      the
      students
      say
     
     
      their
      action
      can
      be
     
     
      considered
      victorious
     
    

    
     
      "We're
      seeing
      it
      as
      a
     
     
      victory,"
      said
      Derek
     
     
      Laventure,
      a
      cognitive
     
     
      science
      major
      who's
     
    
   
   
    
     
      looking
      forward
      to
     
     
      catching
      up
      on
      missed
      sleep.
     
    

    
     
      During
      the
      entire
     
     
      occupation,
      the
      lights
      were
     
     
      left
      on
      24
      hours
      a
      day
      and
     
     
      all
      other
      power
      sources
     
     
      were
      cut.
      Over
      the
      last
     
     
      weekend
      the
      campus
      police
     
     
      blasted
      music
      into
      the
      office.
     
    

    
     
      The
      occupiers
     
     
      unveiled
      an
      open
      letter
     
     
      signed
      by
      17
      notable
      labour
     
     
      specialists
      from
      across
     
     
      North
      America
      that
      stated
     
     
      UofT
      has
      no
      reason
      to
      stall
     
     
      in
      its
      inclusion
      of
      "living
     
     
      wage"
      in
      the
      code.
     
    

    
     
      The
      code
      would
      be
     
     
      the
      first
      in
      Canada
      that
     
     
      would
      require
      all
     
     
      manufacturers
      dealing
      with
     
     
      the
      University
      to
      provide
     
     
      details
      on
      factory
      working
     
     
      conditions.
     
    

    
     
      "It
      did
      a
      lot
      of
      good
     
    
   
   
    
     
      to
      put
      pressure
      on
     
     
      administration,"
      said
     
     
      Laventure.
     
    

    
     
      The
      student
     
     
      protesters
      have
      collected
     
     
      over
      100
      e-mails
      of
      support,
     
     
      including
      one
      from
      Stitch,
      a
     
     
      non-governmental
     
     
      organization
      in
      Guatemala.
     
    

    
     
      Support
      from
      other
     
     
      areas
      in
      the
      world
      is
      also
     
     
      spreading.
     
    

    
     
      "Their
      actions
      are
      in
     
     
      the
      grandest
      tradition
      of
     
     
      Ghandi.
      It's
      a
      great
      way
      to
     
     
      push
      for
      policy
      change,"
      said
     
     
      Elaine
      Bernard,
      executive
     
     
      director
      of
      the
      Trade
      Union
     
     
      program
      at
      Harvard
     
     
      University.
      "I
      think
      the
     
     
      university
      should
      be
     
    
   
   
    
     
      standing
      by
      them.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      "In
      today's
      world
      you
      need
     
     
      to
      think
      globally
      and
      act
     
     
      locally.
      I
      like
      the
      fact
      that
      this
     
     
      generation
      of
     
    

    
     
      students
      care
      about
      workers
     
     
      around
      the
      world,"
      she
     
     
      asked.
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
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