Word: appareled
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While we are happy to see students taking aim at BJ & B's factory in the Dominican Republic, this particular shop is only one of many. Men, women, and children re being beaten, harassed and essentially enslaved so that Americans can have cheap apparel; as consumers we must work to limit suffering by consuming responsibly and insisting that the institutions into which we pour our money act responsibly. Sweatshops are bad and we should do our best to punish those who strive to profit from the suffering of others. But rather than striving to stomp out each individual sweatshop...
...council passed a resolution supporting the efforts of Harvard Students for a Sweat-Free Campus, an organization working with University administrators to ensure that no officially licensed Harvard apparel is manufactured in sweatshops...
...bill, sponsored by council representatives Emma C. Cheuse '98 and Neil Sinhababu '01, approves the creation of a manufacturing code of conduct for Harvard clothing manufacturers like Champion Apparel, as well as an independent monitoring service to ensure compliance with the rules...
...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...
...club is distinctively tailored to the Harvard student lifestyle--easily accessible, inexpensive and educationally oriented (Salsa and Meringue lessons precede the club's 11 p.m. opening). In addition, tweeds and turtlenecks--rather than tight black apparel--are the fashion norm...