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...Workers Rights Consortium (WRC). Nike, a member of the Fair Labor Association (FLA)--a monitoring group backed by the government, several apparel manufacturers and 134 universities, including Harvard--accuses the WRC of being hostile toward corporations and setting unreasonable monitoring standards. While some of the company's complaints are valid, its actions are egregious...

Author: By The CRIMSON Staff, | Title: A Needed Switch on Sweatshops | 5/4/2000 | See Source »

...midst of 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...

Author: By The CRIMSON Staff, | Title: A Needed Switch on Sweatshops | 5/4/2000 | See Source »

...ring, get ready to live with a few little white lies. Dreamboat, unfortunately, doesn't deny a thing. He leads his governess-turned-love interest up the stairs to their attic, where Jane makes the acquaintance of Bertha, a homicidal maniac with a penchant for matches and a very valid marriage certificate to Rochester. This is what we in the humanities call a "character conflict." With women like Bertha in the attic, who needs skeletons in the closet...

Author: By Jeremy N. Smith, | Title: What Would Juliet Do? | 4/28/2000 | See Source »

...with long hours at multiple jobs with inflexible hours to provide homes for their families and do not have the luxury of deciding to stay home with their children. Conversely, some women and men do not want to stay home with their families full or part time--also a valid choice...

Author: By Tiger Edwards, | Title: To Work or Not To Work | 4/26/2000 | See Source »

...laws that govern the enforcement of prenups, but only a few have dealt with the relatively new postnups. The rules vary. New York and Florida have ruled that postnups are enforceable, but North Carolina and Louisiana require the agreements to be approved by a judge. In Hawaii they are valid only if the judge deems the terms fair at the time of signing as well as at divorce--meaning a spouse whose wealth has grown substantially since the agreement may have to renegotiate at separation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Let's Remake a Deal | 4/24/2000 | See Source »

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