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Last Tuesday, we represented Harvard students at a conference on sweatshops at the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, D.C., hosted by the U.S. Department of Labor. The conference--called No Sweat University--brought together students, university presidents, licensing directors and apparel manufacturers. Several panels featuring representatives of the above groups discussed how universities could ensure that retail garments featuring school logos are not made in sweatshops--by adopting licensing codes of conduct...
These codes of conduct, such as the one proposed last semester by students here at Harvard, are policies that set standards for working conditions in the factories that make university-licensed apparel and provide mechanisms for enforcing those standards, such as independent monitoring of the factories...
Collegiate licensing is a $2.5 billion-a-year industry, and universities have a responsibility to avoid either associating their school names with industry human rights abuses or indirectly profiting from those abuses. Numerous universities such as Harvard have recognized this responsibility and have begun to work towards eliminating collegiate apparel sweatshops through codes of conduct...
With a U.S. Department of Labor forum on collegiate apparel and sweatshops less than a week away, PSLM members sought to raise campus awareness about sweatshop labor...
With Tiger Woods mania driving every kid to pick up a set of clubs and hit the links, what better time to take a whack at golf stocks. That's the pitch for a new golf fund, due out this fall, that will invest in equipment, apparel makers and course developers. But before you pull a Big Bertha from your wallet, remember that Asia's woes have been a drag on industry stars like Callaway Golf and Family Golf Centers...