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...recommendation of a high-level administrator, Harvard has yet to take meaningful action towards ending these outrages. Harvard did, however, take action to quell the outcry against sweatshop labor in the late 1990s. Along with some of the companies best known for their unfair labor practices, including Nike, Reebok and Liz Claiborne, Harvard helped form the Fair Labor Association (FLA), a group that ostensibly monitors the working conditions in factories. Yet this corporate-dominated organization does nothing to ensure fair labor practices. It relies heavily on for-profit monitoring and has no requirement for the inclusion of workers or worker...
Shana Franklin, a 2001 Nike All-American from Wilmette, Ill, will also see immediate playing time this season. In spite of her success in high school, Franklin, like her teammates, seems enervated by the challenge of joining such a competitive Harvard squad...
...these fantastic freshmen is Chicago native Shana Franklin, a 2001 Nike All-American, can knock down the triple and has tremendous court presence...
...love Fido, spoiling it with attention and taking responsibility for its well-being. Americans should demand better-quality tailoring and versatility, moving from cheap and plentiful to more rare and valuable apparel. Moreover, Schor argues that small-scale design shops with customized production offer an alternative to Nike-style employment arrangements...
...Overall, Nike, which accounts for about 120,000 Indonesian jobs, is not reducing its business in Indonesia, even after the Bali attack, Helzer says. But the company has been gradually shifting production elsewhere. In 1998, Indonesia accounted for 34% of Nike's total footwear output; this year that share will be in the "high 20s," according to Helzer. Meanwhile, Vietnam has skyrocketed from zero in 1995 to about 15% of production and Thailand's share has increased to about 15%. China remains the heavyweight, accounting for nearly 40% of production this year. In Indonesia, "We didn't see a whole...