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...Still, PSLM will continue to negotiate with theUniversity on an anti-sweatshop code, Morgan says...
...recent memory rallying outside of University Hall, the Faculty voted to dismiss D. Drew Douglas, Class of 2000, who pled guilty to the charge of indecent assault in the fall of 1998. The students called for "justice"--a cry that united activists from the Progressive Student Labor Movement (PSLM), the Coalition Against Sexual Violence and the Living Wage Campaign. Earlier that week, the University publicly endorsed "full disclosure" of the locations of factories where Harvard apparel is made, partially assuaging PSLM's demands...
...crusade to prod his fellow students toward the progressivism their parents exhibited in the 1960s and 70s, Hennefeld may be fighting an uphill battle against 90s student apathy. But he and the members of the Progressive Students Labor Movement (PSLM), the activist group he founded at Harvard, think the fight is worth the trouble...
...concept of activism on campus elicits a sardonic smile from many, if not most, Harvard students. Despite the snickers, however, Hennefeld and PSLM succeeded this year in forcing a change in University policy, an unusual accomplishment for a campus group. In March of this year, after more than a year of negotiations on sweatshop concerns, Harvard officials agreed to disclose publicly all information relating to the licensed manufacture of insignia clothing. Also, the University agreed in principle to support a code of conduct specifying minimum working conditions to which factories must adhere in order to produce Harvard apparel. With other...
...Other PSLM leaders, though, say Hennefeld's role should not be underestimated. "Since its inception, Dan has been the soul of PSLM," says Benjamin O. Shuldiner '99. "It is through his effort with PSLM and other student and labor organizations, that this campus is once again infused with a progressive, activist spirit...