Word: stevenses
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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For the J.P. Stevens Co., Harvard is rapidly becoming enemy territory.
The national dispute over Stevens, the second-largest textile manufacturer in the U.S., came home to Cambridge this week, as over 250 people attended a rally in front of Memorial Church Wednesday to support the nationwide boycott of Stevens goods.
The botcott, designed to put financial pressure on Stevens to comply with labor and occupational safety laws, calls attention to "injustices which the company has committed against its workers," Roger W. Wallach '79, chairman of the Friends of the United Farm Workers, and an organizer of the rally, said this...
THE BOYCOTT serves a two-fold purpose. First, if it catches on, it may cut into Stevens's profit margin; in this case, the old adage, "money talks," is unfortunately apropos. More likely, though, the boycott will succeed in bringing broad-based political pressure to bear on recalcitrant executives; it...
We again encourage students to join in the demonstration to help bring economic and social justice to J.P. Stevens workers. We also urge you not to buy Steven's products, which are marketed under the following brand names: