Word: labors
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...said the national organization would be particularly effective in handling issues not confined to a particular school or institution, such as the use of sweatshop labor to manufacture college apparel...
According to its mission statement, the alliance would not be campaign-specific, but would focus upon fostering campus labor activism in general...
...labor conference that accompanied theformation of the alliance featured talks by some30 union leaders and labor activists. Paneldiscussions and workshops focused on labor issuesand corporate abuses in general, as well asspecific outlets for student activism...
While panel discussions were initially wellattended, attendance wanted as the conference drewon. The featured panel discussion yesterdaymorning--"Student Labor Activism: The Union SummerProgram and Beyond"--was so poorly attended thatit had to be rescheduled...
However, the opportunity to meet with youngactivists drew representatives from a broadspectrum of labor organizations. Daisy M. Rooks,who is in charge of campus recruiting for theAFLCIO, urged students to attend "Union Summer," aprogram which teaches organizational skills andencourages students to become labor activists oncethey return to school...