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...period of time," Harris says. Not everyone agrees, of course. Peter Morici, a professor at the University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business, said the $10.6 billion loss GM posted for 2005 suggests the company needs new leadership. "GM needs a less expensive and more flexible labor contract, less overhead and red tape in marketing and design, brands realigned to attainable markets and a CEO who can convince employees and consumers he is serious about making good cars," Morici says...
Everyone knows soda is bad for your teeth, but are some sodas bad for your conscience as well? Harvard’s Student Labor Action Movement (SLAM), which raises awareness of workers’ rights and labor issues on campus with its “Right to Organize” project, has turned its attention to the Coca-Cola Corporation and its “horrendous violations...of fundamental human rights,” says SLAM member Adaner Usmani ’08. SLAM wants Harvard to wash its hands of alleged dirty dealings, and has demanded that the university...
...legged stool. In a perfect example of globalization at work, ferocious competition from Chinese manufacturers is snatching away Manzano's customers--and its life. Over the past three years, about 200 Manzano companies have closed, and a worrisome number of the remaining 900 are struggling. The cheap labor isn't just in China. Sawmills have moved to Croatia, Poland and Romania, where an increasing amount of prefabrication is carried...
...daughter won’t buy anything that was made by someone younger than her, but in many cases there is no way to know that.” Smyth, who was a Crimson editorial editor, said that the experiment confirmed his belief that consumers will support good labor standards. “I have believed for a while that there was a market for good working conditions out there, and this was just a case of consumers not having enough information. We supplied the information, and they responded,” Smyth wrote in an e-mail. Hiscox...
...Institute of Politics, the Dems and others would have trouble mimicking the appeal of single-race or single-gender groups, they would do well to look to examples of initiatives that have successfully drawn students who generally avoid political groups to invest in their cause. The Student Labor Action Movement, for instance, has rallied members of groups who have been traditionally under-represented in political organizations; groups focusing on AIDS, prison reform, poverty, housing policy, and divestment from Sudan have achieved similar results by taking direct action on political issues...