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Fearing human rights violations in so-called "sweatshops," students from five universities that employ Nike to supply their clothing--Duke, Georgetown, and the Universities of Arizona, Michigan at Ann Arbor and North Carolina at Chapel Hill--succeeded last week in convincing the company to divulge the names and addresses of 42 of its factories. The list includes firms located both in the U.S. and abroad...
...Although Nike does not supply Harvard's apparel, the Harvard-based Progressive Student Labor Movement (PSLM) has sought similar goals in recent months...
...Although Nike's disclosure does not apply directly to Harvard, PSLM member Benjamin L McKean '02 said the decision is a step in the right direction...
Still, Erik A. Beach '02, another member of PSLM, said even Nike has not been totally forthcoming on the issue...
...Nike did not disclose any information about factories in Indonesia, and many of the ones that were disclosed are in the U.S., even though most of the abuses occur overseas," said Beach, noting that the 42 locations are only a fraction of Nike's hundreds of factories...