Word: sweatshops
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...From my perspective, I feel very secure that my company is not one of the companies [that is using sweatshop labor]," he says. "Until somebody shows or proves it differently...
...employees are well-maintained and well taken care of," Pini says. "It's not a case of a sweatshop under any circumstances...
...amid concerns that the FLA is too soft on industry, Harvard has also made a one-year deal with four other universities to coordinate sweatshop policies and monitoring systems. It has also hired an accounting and consulting firm, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, to conduct the oversight...
Academic initiatives have also been spearheaded. Starting tomorrow, the Harvard Trade Union Program will host a two-day conference with leaders from business, academia, non-governmental organizations and the student movement against sweatshops. The conference will examine ways of working together on the sweatshop dilemma...
Ryan says it is important to get independent information that is neither from companies nor from anti-sweatshop activists. He says he doesn't know whether to believe the companies, who say working conditions are good, or the students, who paint a darker picture...