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Mediaadvisory
Tuesday,October6,2015
TheCampaignforLawfulInternshipsAnnouncesCoalitionofStudents,Employers,and
EducatorsFightingforStudentLaborRights
Who:
TheCampaignforLawfulInternshipsannouncesnewcoalition,LaborJusticeTaskForce
(LJTF).TheLJTFiscomprisedofeducatorsatcareerservicecentersfrom14universities
nationwide,aswellasacouncilof25collegestudentsand10summerinternshipemployers
What:
TheLaborJusticeTaskForcewillberesponsibleformonthlymeetingstodiscuss
solutionstotheongoinginternlaborlawreform.Thistaskforcewillserveasthemediator
betweenstudentsnationwideandlegislators.
When:
ThesearchforindividualstocomprisetheLaborJusticeTaskForcebeganinMarchof
2015andtheadvisingboardoftheCampaignforLawfulInternshipsrecentapprovedall
appointedmemberstoserveonthistaskforce.Thefirstofficialmeetingwillbeheldin
November2015.
AbouttheCampaignforLawfulInternships
TheCampaignforLawfulInternshipsisa501c3organizationdedicatedtoensuringthelegality
ofallstudentinternships.Foundedin2015,theCampaignforLawfulInternshipscollaborates
withstudents,employersanduniversitiesnationwidetoincreaseawarenessoftheregulationson
unpaidinternships.
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