Word: sweatshops
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...scale of 1-5, how important is it to you that Harvard a) give its workers a living wage? b) have no involvement with sweatshop labor? c) build a student center? d) build a women's center? How important is it that University Health Services give refunds to students opposed to abortion? On a scale of 1-5, how would you rate the financial aid program at Harvard? If you gave to the senior gift, did you direct your donation to the financial aid program...
...Nike's many specious criticisms of the WRC, however, it has lodged two valid complaints. First, it is unreasonable to demand that corporations pay a living wage without defining what that living wage is. Second, in order for any monitoring group to be successful, it requires corporate input. Sweatshop monitoring exists to provide the public with full and accurate information about the conditions under which apparel is being manufactured, thereby giving consumers the tools they need to make informed decisions about what to buy. Yet, the ultimate end of sweatshop monitoring is to induce changes in the working conditions...
Representatives of two of the nation's major sweatshop monitoring organizations debated the merits of full public disclosure and independent monitoring in a panel discussion at the Yenching Auditorium...
Members of the anti-sweatshop campaign of the Progressive Student Labor Movement (PSLM) said they were surprised by Brown's statement...
About 35 people braved the elements to listen to the panelists. Among those in attendance was University Attorney Allan A. Ryan Jr., the administration's point person on sweatshop policy, who said he found the event informative...