Word: contracts
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...from "Just do it!" to "Just do it our way, or else!" In a disturbing display of industrial and financial power, Nike Chair Phil Knight recently reneged on a promised $30 million donation to the University of Oregon, and the company cancelled a multi-year, multi-million dollar apparel contract with the University of Michigan. The reason: both schools are affiliated with the human rights monitoring group the 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...
...newly tenured professor, Selzter has to renegotiate her contract, and may field offers from other schools...
...refuse to contract with firms that do not provide health insurance for their employees at Harvard...
...University and its units should not contract for service work solely to save money, if the cost savings come at the expense of the workers providing the service," the document states...