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Size | 1.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 600 items) |
Abstract | The Student Consumer Action Union (SCAU) was established at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1972 as an agency of Student Government supported by student fees. Its purposes were to protect student consumer rights and improve consumer-merchant relations in the Chapel Hill-Research Triangle area by developing educational, investigative, and advocacy programs. The union focused its efforts on price levels and merchandising practices, food quality and pricing, health care, rental rates, landlord responsibilities, and tenant rights. Records of the Student Consumer Action Union include annual reports, financial records, its constitution and bylaws, general correspondence, its office manual, publicity materials, and copies of its publications and related correspondence. Subjects of the publications include automobile repair, banking, restaurants, health care, and rental housing. |
Creator | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Student Consumer Action Union. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. University Archives. |
Language | English. |
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The Student Consumer Action Union (SCAU) was established on the Chapel Hill campus in 1972 as an agency of Student Government supported by student fees. While its major emphasis was directed toward the protection of student consumer rights, the purpose of the union included the improvement of consumer-merchant relations in the Chapel Hill-Research Triangle area by the development of educational, investigative and advocacy programs. The primary focuses of the union's efforts were on price levels and merchandising practices, food quality and pricing, health care, rental rates, landlord responsibilities and tenant rights.
To accomplish its goals, the union was organized into five divisions:
The activities of the Student Consumer Action Union were directed by its Executive Committee, and membership in the union was open to all university students.
Back to TopRecords, 1972-1986, of the Student Consumer Action Union at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill include annual reports, financial records, its constitution and bylaws, general correspondence, its office manual, publicity materials, and copies of its publications and related correspondence. Subjects of the publications include consumer interests, including automobile repair, banking, restaurants, health care, and rental housing.
Back to TopRecords, 1972-1986, of the Student Consumer Action Union at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill include annual reports, financial records, its constitution and bylaws, general correspondence, its office manual, publicity materials, and copies of its publications and related correspondence. Subjects of the publications included consumer interests, including automobile repair, banking, restaurants, health care, and rental housing.