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...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, the conditions at Primo reached...
...addition, and for the long term, the Primo case reveals the efficiency and effectiveness of the WRC as a monitor. While the FLA floundered, refusing to take any public position, the WRC was able to respond immediately to a worker complaint with a full investigation that found a consistent pattern of exploitation. While the FLA has been able and, to its credit, willing to support the WRC’s efforts to negotiate with Lands’ End, the FLA still has not released any of its own findings. It remains unclear if the FLA would have investigated Primo...
...Harvard women’s tennis team’s season, its winningest in history, ended last Thursday with a 4-0 defeat to No. 1 Stanford in the NCAA Round of 16 at Gainesville, Fla. While the rest of the team returned shortly thereafter, Bergman stayed behind for the individual tournament and continued taking her exams in Florida...
...Falicov stressed that membership in the WRC would not be mutually exclusive with Harvard’s current membership in the FLA...
...There’s nothing wrong with being members of both,” Falicov said. “But membership in the FLA alone is not sufficient...