September 1997: Tidewater Labor Support Committee founded.
March 1999: Living Wage campaign begins.
March 2001: President Sullivan creates Committee on Employment
Opportunity to "investigate" living wage. The committee includes no
members of the Living Wage Coalition.
September 2001: Sullivan adopts the recommendations of the
Committee on Employment Opportunity, which include a minimum starting
wage of $8.29 for all College Employees. This concludes the Living
Wage campaign (read statement). (Analysis link coming soon)
March 2004: Sweat-free campus campaign begins. TLSC submits first
of several drafts for a licensee code of conduct that will discourage
foreign labor abuses, and demands College affiliation with the Worker
Rights Consortium (WRC).
March 2006: President Nichol commits to WRC affiliation and a code of conduct.
August 2006: TLSC restructured to improve democracy and sustainability.
Executive offices abolished, replaced with rotating facilitators and
notetakers. Consensus process formalized. Active recruitment resumed.
September 2006: Right to Organize (RTO) campaign begins.
October 2006: College officially adopts TLSC's anti-sweatshop code of
conduct, affiliates with Worker Rights Consortium, and establishes
campus-wide committee for enforcement, concluding the Sweat-Free Campus
Campaign (link - "read analysis"). TLSC is excluded from discussions on
the committee selection process.
