
New York University students put a new twist on the old practice of “streaking” as a group of them showed up nearly naked to protest their school’s high-priced merchandise and call attention to “worker’s rights.”
Visiting families touring the school, which charges a $91,000 annual tuition, got an eyeful as about two dozen students marched in only bras and underwear outside the college’s Kimmel Center last weekend.
They demanded the school disclose exactly where its $106 sweatshirts, $80 collared pullovers, and other items are made.
“Students, workers, stand together, solidarity forever,” the scantily clad participants chanted on April 11, the New York Post reported.
The demonstration was during the so-called Weekend on the Square, when students and their parents show up on the campus to get a flavor of life at the pricey Manhattan university.
Carrying signs that read “STOP SECRET SWEATSHOPS” and “DISCLOSE THE CLOTHES,”
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