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One hundred U.S. colleges--ranging from major state
universities to single-sex and religious-affiliated schools--have joined the
Fair Labor Association, the organization of apparel companies, human rights
organizations and consumer advocates fighting sweatshop labor in the garment
industry.
"I applaud the 100 colleges and universities that are
taking a leadership role in the Fair Labor Association," U.S. Secretary of
Labor Alexis M. Herman said as she announced the list. "These schools are
making a visible pledge to ensure that merchandise bearing their logo or
name--from sweatshirts to caps--are not made with the sweat of abused and
exploited workers. Through their commitment to work with the FLA, these
institutions are taking meaningful steps to make sure that their merchandise is
sweatshop-free."
Collegiate licensed goods are worth $2.5 billion dollars
in retail sales per year. Many of the schools that have signed onto the
FLA--including Notre Dame, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill,
University of Arizona, Duke University, University of Wisconsin at Madison,
Syracuse University, Florida State University, Georgetown University and
University of Southern California--are considered retail leaders in logo
royalty income.
"The more schools that affiliate with the FLA, the greater
the number of perspectives we can bring to the table and the greater the
leverage we can apply," stated Robert Durkee, vice president for public affairs
at Princeton University and one of the earliest advocates of college and
university participation in the FLA.
Michael Posner, executive director of Lawyers Committee
for Human Rights and one of the founding members of the FLA, stated that "these
schools represent a cross-section of American higher education. While 100
represents an encouraging milestone, there is no limit on the number of schools
that can become involved, and I invite others to join with us in this important
work."
The Fair Labor Association, a non-profit organization,
will oversee monitoring of company compliance with a workplace code of conduct
created by the Apparel Industry Partnership. The AIP was formed in 1996 as a
result of a challenge by President Clinton to the garment industry to offer
consumers a method of discerning the conditions under which their garments are
made.
FLA College/University Affiliates
Appalachian State University (Boone, NC)
University of
Arizona
Boston College
Boston University
Brookdale Community
College (Lincroft, NJ)
Brown University
California Polytechnic State
University (San Luis Obispo)
California State University at Sacramento
Carleton College (Northfield, MN)
Colby College
University of
Colorado at Denver Columbia University
Connecticut College (New London,
CT)
Cornell University
Creighton University (Omaha, NE)
Culver
Educational Foundation/Culver Academies
Dartmouth College
University
of Delaware
University of Detroit-Mercy
Duke University
Ferris
State University
University of Florida
Florida State University
Furman University (Greenville, SC)
George Mason University
Georgetown
University
Gettysburg College
Grinnell College (Grinnell, IA)
Gustavus Adolphus College (St. Peter, MN)
Hamilton College (Clinton,
NY)
Harvard University
Johns Hopkins University
University of
Iowa
University of Kansas
Kansas State University
Keene State
College (Keene, NH)
University of Kentucky
Lebanon Valley College,
(Annville, PA)
Lewis and Clark College (Portland, OR)
Macalester
College (St. Paul, MN)
University of Maine at Farmington
University of
Maryland
Marymount University
University of Memphis
Michigan
State University
Millersville University (PA)
University of Missouri
(Columbia, MO)
University of Nebraska
Neumann College (Aston, PA)
University of Nevada-Las Vegas
University of New Hampshire
New Mexico
State University
New School University (NYC)
University of North
Carolina Chapel Hill
University of North Carolina Greensboro
North
Carolina State University (Raleigh, NC)
Northeastern Illinois University
(Chicago)
Northwestern University
University of Notre Dame
Pennsylvania State University
University of Pennsylvania
University
of Pittsburgh
University of Portland (OR)
Princeton University
Randolph Macon Women's College (Lynchburg, VA)
Rhode Island Institute of
Design
Rutgers University
St. John's University (NYC)
St. Olaf
College (Northfield, MN)
University of St. Thomas (St. Paul, MN)
San
Francisco State University
Santa Clara University (CA)
School for
International Training (Brattleboro, VT)
Seton Hall University
Simpson
College (Redding, CA)
Skidmore College
Smith College
University
of Southern California
SUNY Cobleskill (Cobleskill, NY)
SUNY Cortland
(Cortland, NY)
SUNY Potsdam (Potsdam, NY)
Syracuse University
Temple University
University of Texas at Austin
Trinity College
(Hartford, CT)
Tufts University
Tulane University
Union College
(Schenectady, NY)
University of Utah
Utah State University
Valdosta State University (Valdosta, GA)
Villanova University
Virginia
Tech
Wellesley College
West Virginia University
Wheaton College
(Norton, MA)
University of Wisconsin-Madison
University of
Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Xavier University (Cincinnati, OH)
Yale University
Total: 100
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