In the 1990s, two developments helped spread the formation of SLAC nationwide. First, the AFL–CIO, under the direction of AFL–CIO president John Sweeney, initiated the AFL–CIO Organizing Institute, which sought to enlist college activists as labor organizers. The AFL–CIO supported SLAC activities as part of this initiative. Secondly, beginning in 1998, SLAC organizations got a boost from the outpouring of anti-sweatshop activism on college campuses, which focused on solidarity efforts with workers in the Third World.History of SLAC. Student Labor Action Coalition (UW-Madison SLAC) Website
