Wooley, W Michael
(2013)
Pitt and the Worker Rights Consortium: An Argument for Affiliation.
(Unpublished)
Abstract
It is widely acknowledged that workers in the apparel industry—one of the largest employers in the world—often labor under conditions that are unsafe, illegal, and abusive. While many people and groups would like to change this state of affairs, only a few institutions have the buying power and influence to do so. As a large-scale buyer and seller of apparel bearing its well-respected name, Pitt is among this select group of institutions. In the past, Pitt has demonstrated its commitment to improving labor standards by affiliating with the Fair Labor Association (FLA), a group that monitors labor conditions in factories producing university apparel. It is the purpose of this paper, however, to demonstrate that Pitt can better fulfill this commitment by affiliating with another organization, the Worker Rights Consortium (WRC).
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| Wooley, W Michael | | | |
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| Date: |
February 2013 |
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Publication |
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No restriction; Release the ETD for access worldwide immediately. |
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University of Pittsburgh |
| Refereed: |
No |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: |
labor, rights, university, worker, rights, consortium, University, of, Pittsburgh, garment, industry, sweatshops, corporate, social, responsibility |
| Date Deposited: |
17 Feb 2014 20:02 |
| Last Modified: |
20 Dec 2018 00:55 |
| URI: |
http://d-scholarship.pitt.edu/id/eprint/20565 |
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