Word: labors
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...universities could add their names to the membership list of a group like the Fair Labor Association, a conglomerate of human rights, labor and religious organizations and some apparel and footwear companies formed last year and supported by the White House. The association enforces a code of conduct for clothing manufacturers to prevent the use of sweatshop labor...
...student activists, the Ivies are not going far enough, and Harvard seems to be backing away from its earlier commitment to higher labor standards...
Below a large banner with "No Sweat" written in bright red letters, former Secretary of Labor Robert B. Reich and two Guatemalan factory workers urged an audience of about 100 people to fight against sweatshop labor at a forum in Sever Hall last night...
...event was sponsored by the Progressive Student Labor Movement (PSLM), which is seeking to make the University more accountable for the working conditions of factories where Harvard's insignia apparel is produced...
Greenspan expects "no breakout of inflation," analyzes Baumohl, but he does believe it "could pick up a bit in 1999." One of the main reasons the Fed chairman cited for his prediction was what he called "worker depletion." Full employment has created a scarcity of labor in a number of sectors, explains Baumohl, and that shortage could cause a small rise in wage inflation this year. Having engineered one of the most remarkable economies of modern times, Greenspan now finds himself in the ironic position of working to ensure that success doesn't defeat itself...