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Van der Werf, Martin – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2000
Discusses the rapid growth of the Workers Rights Consortium, a student-originated group with 44 member institutions which opposes sweatshop labor conditions especially in the apparel industry. Notes disagreements about the number of administrators on the board of directors and about the role of industry representives. Compares this group with the…
Descriptors: Activism, Higher Education, Labor Conditions, Labor Problems
van der Werf, Martin – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1999
Student activists have put pressure on colleges and universities to toughen licensing codes aimed at eliminating sweatshop labor for college apparel made in other countries, and have had some success. However, oversight of the codes among contractors in developing countries is logistically and economically problematic. (MSE)
Descriptors: Activism, Administrative Policy, Clothing, College Administration
