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Last week, two roads diverged for universities interested in ending sweatshops. The national student umbrella group, United Students Against Sweatshops, released the Workers Rights Consortium (WRC), an outline of principles for university monitoring of overseas garment factories. The WRC calls for full public disclosure of locations and wage information of all factories producing college clothing. It also mandates the establishment of a small non-profit monitoring body responsible for responding to worker complaints. These principles represent a clear break from those currently held by the government and industry-sponsored Fair Labor Association (FLA), which would rely on classified, corporate audits...
PSLM' s efforts to combat the use of sweatshop labor in the production of University apparel over the last year were highlighted during a slide show presentation that referred to the March "Rally for Justice." Event organizers also praised the group's continuing efforts urging the University to disclose factory locations that produce Harvard paraphernalia...
According to PSLM member Benjamin L. McKean '02, the fashion show will feature students clad in Gap, Nike and Harvard apparel. As they model for passers-by, announcers will highlight the poor conditions under which the clothes were made and pass out anti-sweatshop literature...
Rain forced the Progressive Student Labor Movement (PSLM) to postpone an anti-sweatshop fashion show scheduled for yesterday afternoon on the steps of Widener Library...
Ryan said he has been negotiating with Harvard's licensees to achieve this objective ever since University President Neil L. Rudenstine announced an official anti-sweatshop policy last spring...