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...hope this [march] will destroy the popular images of Guess, Nike and Disney [and] show the CEO's that these Harvard students do not tolerate injustice and will be active," she added...

Author: By Nicholas A. Nash, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: PSLM Joins March in Boston To Protest Sweatshop Labor | 10/6/1997 | See Source »

Protesters specifically targeted their criticism on clothing manufacturer Guess? Inc., shoe distributor Nike, Inc. and the Walt Disney Corporation, an entertainment conglomerate...

Author: By Nicholas A. Nash, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: PSLM Joins March in Boston To Protest Sweatshop Labor | 10/6/1997 | See Source »

However, Megan F. Judge, the events coordinator for the NikeTown store, said she "honestly believed" the accusations against Nike were false...

Author: By Nicholas A. Nash, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: PSLM Joins March in Boston To Protest Sweatshop Labor | 10/6/1997 | See Source »

...Nike officials responded to the protest by distributing copies of a review of Nike's work practices conducted by Andrew Young, a former member of the United Nations, that found "no evidence or pattern of widespread or systematic abuse or mistreatment of workers...

Author: By Nicholas A. Nash, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: PSLM Joins March in Boston To Protest Sweatshop Labor | 10/6/1997 | See Source »

According to Dwight H. Perkins, Burbank professor of political economy at the Harvard Institute for International Development, contractors who produce shoes for Nike in Vietnam must pay a generous official minimum wage for foreign producers...

Author: By Nicholas A. Nash, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: PSLM Joins March in Boston To Protest Sweatshop Labor | 10/6/1997 | See Source »

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