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...labor practices and will probably continue indefinitely to postpone fair union elections in a tangle of litigation. Second, the Stevens officials, masters of publicity, have succeeded in confusing the opposition. Many are hailing the settlement as a significant victory for Stevens' workers. Mike Schippani, director of the New England boycott, was much closer to the truth when he called it "just another of their delaying tactics...
Nestle, the biggest seller of infant products, with $300 million annually, remains to this day especially unapologetic for its practices. Nestle calls its own behavior in the Third World "exemplary." On July 4, 1977, the Infant Formula Action Coalition (INFACT) began promoting a boycott of all Nestle products, demanding that the dorporation discontinue promotion of its infant formula products. The boycott continues todau, and includes such products as Nestle's Quik, Nescafe, Nestle's Crunch, Nestea, Tasters' Choice, all Libby's products, all Stouffer's products, Wispride. Dee Park Mountain Spring Water and others. Harvard dining halls continue to serve...
Each year the ACSR considers dozens of shareholder resolutions in most of the companies in the Harvard portfolio, but there are usually only a few major issues on the proxy agenda--this year the issues are South Africa, bottle feeding, and political contributions, last year they were the Arab boycott of Israel; and South Africa. On the purely financial resolutions the ACSR may defer to the Corporation subcommittee, but on almost all important shareholder issues the ACSR considers the matter and makes a recommendation to the Corporation. Unless the ACSR's vote is too close for the Corporation to draw...
Meanwhile, the United Front is sponsoring a march from Radcliffe to the Yard, and a general boycott of afternoon classes so all students can participate in a mass demonstration during today's Corporation meeting. What effect they will have remains to be seen--despite the chain of advising from the IRRC to the ACSR to the Corporate subcommittees, despite student protest and petitions, despite ACSR and Corporation open hearings, despite the southern Africa Solidarity Committee and the United Front, once again the actual decision comes down to the Harvard Corporation, as it always has, and probably always will. Legally, that...
...group has also called for a boycott of all afternoon classes on Monday, to allow the entire student body to attend the demonstration...