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...called my adviser that day at lunch,” he said. The good-humored sophomore in Eliot House was told that his adviser had already begun filing the proper paperwork after reading about the campaign’s layoffs in that morning’s paper...
...also took the University surprisingly long to act on the McGarr case. SEIU brought the matter to Harvard’s attention in February 2003, but McGarr employees did not begin to receive proper wages until May. The University did not pay retroactive wages until six months later...
Furthermore, highly toxic pesticides and fertilizers are often used in order to give the flowers their impeccable appearance that U.S. and European markets demand. Workers handle these chemicals without proper safety equipment or training. According to Corporación Cactus, a non-governmental organization that advocates for flower workers, this exposure leads to health problems for nearly two-thirds of the work force, which is largely female. Miscarriages and birth defects are common consequences. If you would rather buy a bouquet with a less-tainted past, head to Kabloom—it sells organic flowers...
...proper response to this information is not necessarily a boycott. In the current system, exploited workers in foreign countries suffer most when demand for these products falls sharply. Still, you have an excuse tomorrow when your significant other comes looking for the Valentine’s Day gift you forgot to purchase: it was all in the name of conscientious consumption. You can make a date of it. Sit down together with pen and paper and write a few Valentines to the two major cocoa purchasers in the U.S.—M&M/Mars and Hershey?...
...This] helps explain why it would be reasonable and proper for a high percentage of high grades to be awarded in [the humanities],” he said...