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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