Word: sweatshops
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...late February, 50 students from the Progressive Student Labor Movement surrounded Mass. Hall to present a letter of protest about sweatshop labor to University President Neil L. Rudenstine...
...last school year has seen a re-emergence of student activism at Harvard and around the country. Sweatshop labor, a "living wage" for university employees, and graduate student labor has all inspired demonstrations...
...capacity. In recent weeks, SAS has registered its disapproval of both the FLA and PWC because of their ties to corporate interests. The activists continue to push for a more acceptable monitoring plan and the establishment of a formal student-faculty committee that will shape the University's anti-sweatshop policy. Their diligence has ensured that the issue will not be forgotten...
...Fortunately there's been a real national momentum behind sweatshop initiatives," Benko says. "There's more and more national support for this kind of a movement and I think that puts pressure on the university to see that this isn't just an isolated group on campus, but that we're part of a national network that's devoted to getting universities to implement codes of conduct...
...PSLM is currently using innovative tactics to bring the sweatshop issue to center stage...