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...organization is working with the Harvard administration to draft a "Campus Code of Conduct for Harvard Licensees," which would require the University to take an active role in preventing sweatshop conditions in those companies which make all Harvard apparel. According to the student activist group, Harvard has licensed at least one company which makes hats in just such sweatshop conditions...
Robinson became Ireland's first female head of state in 1990 after serving two decades in the Irish parliament. During her seven-year term, Robinson was known for her activist, progressive stance...
Among the scheduled speakers is Beate Sirota Gordon, the only female framer of the MacArthur Constitution--which was instituted in Japan after World War II--and a present-day activist. She is of Russian origin but made a mark on Japanese history when she wrote the provision that guaranteed "essential equality of the sexes" in Japan...
...gain strength in the next election so long as it doesn't get blamed for toppling a popular President and sending all those 401(k) balances into the tank. But others see a risk in doing too little. "You could have a significant slice of our grass-roots activist base go nuts if there's a lot of evidence [against Clinton] and we don't do anything about it," says a G.O.P. aide. "These people are not going to vote Democrat, but these people may not vote. And that's a problem for a lot of members who are facing...
Last week an activist group called the National Labor Committee accused Nike and other companies of running virtual slave factories in China, alleging that workers are habitually overworked and underpaid. It's the kind of charge Nike has faced, and denied, repeatedly regarding its operations in Asia. Nike subcontractors employ nearly 500,000 workers in plants in Indonesia, China and Vietnam...