Word: stevenses
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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"Harvard has recently begun serious real estate investment in the city," David Sullivan, a lawyer for the Alliance of Cambridge Tenants, said during a Philips Brooks House workshop which also featured discussions of the J. P. Stevens and Nestles boycotts.
Finally, the claim of consumer sovreignty does not address the people-vs.-profits issue. Would Federated and Allied continue to conduct business-as-usual with a foreign company discovered to be using slave labor? People buy Stevens because it's cheap, and that is so for two reasons: First, the...
Second, Stevens exploitation of its work force means lower wages, poor health and safety conditions, tiny pentions--in short, Stevens is cheaper because of the same factors leading to the boycott. Neither Federated nor Allied have ever shown a desire to sell Stevens goods at a price comparable to that...
Corporations like Federated think they can prove themselves responsible to the community by handing thousands to charities--concerned consumers should let them know that continued promotion and sale of Stevens linens belies their claim of being socially conscientious members of our community. Andrew Kahn '80
Organizing for the 80s--Mike Schippani, New England director, J.P. Stevens boycott; Ed James, director, Mass Fair Share; Jackie Ruff, president, Local 925 of the Women's Office Worker's Union, and Joe Schwartz, graduate student; Science Center, 8 p.m.