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Report as: spam offensive Hershey Avula on 5/24/07 at 4am

Correction to my quote: I did not say that the Stanford Store was the only "entirely sweat-free organization on campus." I said that they were the only vendor on campus that offers sweat-free Stanford apparel to our knowledge. While I wholly endorse the Stanford Store, I would never lie about the fact that it also carries previously purchased apparel whose "sweat-free" status cannot be verified. I am sorry that I was misquoted and I hope that this eases any confusion as to the status of apparel in the Stanford Store. Thank you.

Report as: spam offensive Bethany Woolman on 5/24/07 at 12pm

Hello folks.
As someone who sat in, I'd like to clear up some misconceptions and address some concerns of people thinking about our campaign right now. The sweatfree campaign is all too aware that 'sweatshop' jobs are desirable and sought after in areas with a sweatshop economy, because there is such a surplus in labor and people need some way to survive, even if it means forced overtime and frequent sexual assault. We in the sweatshop free campaign are not interested in an anti-sweatshop movement that would lose these people jobs— many of us have or have had family members in these types of conditions, or have lived in these areas ourselves. It is a personal issue for us. Joining the Designated Suppliers Program, which is what we are advocating, IS DESIGNED TO UPGRADE FACTORIES WHICH ALREADY HAVE CONTRACTS WITH CORPORATIONS LIKE NIKE, AND IN DOING SO, ALLOW THESE FACTORIES TO MAINTAIN CONTRACTS EVEN AFTER UPGRADES— that doesn't sound like losing jobs to me. Please know that we have conducted months of economic research on this issue, sat in as a last resort, and feel a personal relationship to the people we are trying to help for reasons I stated above. If you have further criticisms or questions, PLEASE COME TO OUR OPEN FORUM/TOWN HALL TONIGHT, AT 6:30, IN THE ASIAN AMERICAN ACTIVITIES CENTER WITH QUESTIONS, CRITICISMS, AND CONCERNS. And visit our comprehensive website and look at what we are proposing: sweatfree.stanford.edu.
Thank you.

Report as: spam offensive GSC on 5/24/07 at 3pm

Wow, there are so many factual errors in this article...
The GSC is aware of the ongoing sweatshop-free efforts going on, and that's why we didn't need to take any action.
The idiot protesters just can't wit for the process to happen, and probably derailed it all. Because of the protesters Stanford will most likely NOT go sweatfree. Thanks alot.




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