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After his 1996 accident, Haryanto became an advocate for workers' rights in Indonesia. Last night he addressed about 50 students and community members in Sever Hall, in a speech sponsored by the anti-sweatshop campaign of the Progressive Student Labor Movement (PSLM...
...PSLM is currently embroiled in negotiations with the administration over the issue of sweatshop labor. After a rally last March, University officials committed to disclosing the locations of overseas factories that manufacture Harvard apparel but have not yet acted on that promise...
...Nike just released the location of some factories, and that's what we're trying to do at the moment--get the administration to commit to at least a deadline [for full disclosure]," said PSLM member Erik A. Beach...
...received notice that the University would respond to its demand for disclosure during the rally. PSLM leaders are now working with the University to establish a suitable monitoring system. While Harvard has proposed using the Fair Labor Association for monitoring and Price Waterhouse Coopers as an accounting firm, PSLM is holding out for a truly independent monitoring system...
...think this re-opens the possibility for us to work more closely with Harvard," said Daniel M. Hennefeld '99, a PSLM organizer, on the day of the Rally for Justice...