This victory came after a long U.S. campaign, organized by United Students Against Sweatshops. Honduran union leaders and previous Jerzees de Honduras workers toured the U.S. all year, speaking up about Russell's anti-union tactics. 89 colleges and universities cut their apparel contracts with Russell out of protest.  According to the New York Times, some of these contracts were worth over $1 million dollars in sales.

ILRF hosted a Congressional briefing for Norma Mejia Castellano and dozens of Members of Congress signed a letter to Russell. ILRF also helped push Berkshire Hathaway (owner of Russell/Fruit of the Loom and chaired by Warren Buffet) shareholders to pass a resolution in support of workers.

This is a historic victory given this is the first time that a company has committed to reopen a facility after closing it in the attempts at busting the union.  The perseverance of workers, students, and others is truly admirable and shows that in the end justice will prevail.