Word: labors
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...forum was part of a larger African-American labor-leader summit on Friday...
Last Tuesday, we represented Harvard students at a conference on sweatshops at the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, D.C., hosted by the U.S. Department of Labor. The conference--called No Sweat University--brought together students, university presidents, licensing directors and apparel manufacturers. Several panels featuring representatives of the above groups discussed how universities could ensure that retail garments featuring school logos are not made in sweatshops--by adopting licensing codes of conduct...
However, schools have generally been hesitant to commit to the principles advocated by students and labor-and human-rights experts as necessary for a strong code of conduct. We want a code that will be more than a piece of paper and that will really help improve conditions for sweatshop workers...
Daniel M. Hennefeld '99 is history and literature concentrator living in Eliot House. Benjamin O. Shuldiner '99 is a history and science concentrator also in Eliot House. Both are members of Progressive Student Labor Movement...
Christina is a cool, sturdy lady who says she has a pretty high tolerance for pain, but by 1:15, after hours of labor and 15 minutes of pushing, she is exhausted. Husband Kevin and nurse Mickie Cothren are each holding one of her legs, helping her push. Dr. Ira Smith pokes his head in the room; this will be his third birth in as many hours. "Pitiful pushin'!" he hollers, urging her on. By 2:04 she is groaning hugely. She has her hands clasped behind her knees, working hard, straining like a Russian Olympic weight lifter...