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Instead, HSAS asked Harvard to join the Worker's Rights Consortium (WRC), an independent group run by labor and human rights organizations...

Author: By Joseph P. Flood, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Students Protest Harvard Sweatshop Policy | 11/16/2000 | See Source »

...think we've presented a strong case for joining the WRC," he said. "We anticipate Harvard joining, hopefully by the end of this semester...

Author: By Joseph P. Flood, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Students Protest Harvard Sweatshop Policy | 11/16/2000 | See Source »

...feel that these concerns were sufficient to switch to the WRC...

Author: By Joseph P. Flood, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Students Protest Harvard Sweatshop Policy | 11/16/2000 | See Source »

...offers a broad range of businesses and human rights groups," Ryan said. "The WRC is still a work in progress. It is not at this point a good...

Author: By Joseph P. Flood, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Students Protest Harvard Sweatshop Policy | 11/16/2000 | See Source »

Harvard released its report to the community three weeks ago. Now the ball is in our court. If having our consumer goods manufactured under decent conditions is important to us, we must let the University know we consider joining the WRC a priority. This means signing petitions, calling our deans and asking our friends to do the same. By owning a Harvard T-shirt, a pair of sweats or even a Harvard keychain, we are all implicated in the abuse and underpayment of workers. And as long as we allow Harvard to do nothing, we are condoning its policies...

Author: By Madeleine S. Elfenbein, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Straight Talk on Sweatshops | 11/6/2000 | See Source »

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