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Blacklisting violates Salvadoran and international law. It also violates the codes of conduct for apparel production of universities like Harvard. Those codes require that factories not discriminate in employment and that management respect the right to unionize and bargain collectively. Collegiate code compliance is typically monitored by the WRC or the Fair Labor Association (FLA), the latter of which Harvard is a member. When a factory is in violation of the code and the monitor investigates, schools and brands can sometimes pressure the factory to improve—a strategy that has been successful in the past. In this case...
Widely considered the frontrunner ever since the committee interviewed three finalists two weeks ago, Fowler-Finn drove a tough bargain in negotiations with Cambridge Mayor Michael A. Sullivan, who spoke to him on the telephone last night from a classroom in Cambridge Rindge and Latin School (CRLS...
...Iranian-born Silicon Valley businessman and financial guru behind the Iran-contra scandal of the 1980s; of a heart attack; in Inchon, South Korea. Hakim masterminded the web of bank accounts used to funnel U.S. weapons and funds to Iran and Nicaraguan rebels. As part of a plea bargain, he paid a $5,000 fine and served two years of probation...
After completing her thesis this past March, for instance, Monica Huerta ’03 can probably now locate the best bargain on a beef burrito in the entire city of Chicago. A History and Literature concentrator, Huerta used her thesis to explore how Mexican culture is portrayed in Mexican restaurants...
...Private Networks, or VPNs (think of a VPN as a solid, encrypted tunnel of data in the middle of any signal). Free Wi-Fi rapidly loses its appeal when you realize those home users could potentially take a peek at the data on your laptop as part of the bargain...