Word: appareled
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...There is still a long way to go before all of the issues raised by protestors will be met, but some progress has been made. The more surprising victory to emerge from the "Rally for Justice" was the University's announcement it would require companies that make Harvard insignia apparel to reveal where their factories are located, one of the central demands of the Progressive Student Labor Movement's anti-sweatshop campaign. Though it remains to be seen how this new policy will be implemented and enforced, it is still a promising step in the right direction...
About halfway through the rally, the protesters learned that the University had agreed to one of their demands: it would advocate full disclosure of the locations of factories that manufacture Harvard apparel...
Jeffrey D. Ballinger, a research associate at the Kennedy School and researcher on sweatshops, told the protesters they were "on the right track," but urged them to "do their homework." If students learned the specifics of sweatshops that make Harvard apparel, he said, they could more effectively fight to end their existence...
Harvard publicly endorsed the policy of "full disclosure"--mandating that companies which make Harvard apparel divulge where their factories are located...
Indeed, Ryan said he did not know how much--if any--of Harvard apparel is manufactured by sweatshop labor...