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SWEATSHOPSJune 2002. After a year-long appeal from UTR, the MIT
Academic Council unanimously adopted UTR's suggested protective measures to ensure that workers producing
MIT-licensed apparel are not abused under “sweatshop” conditions.
The proposed measures included: 1) Entrance into both the Fair
Labor Association (FLA) and the Workers Rights Consortium (WRC).
MIT’s
membership into the FLA is a good preliminary action to prevent the abuse
of laborers involved in the manufacture of MIT-licensed apparel. However,
it is important that the Institute was aware of the
shortcomings of this organization and chose to align itself with the more
progressive WRC as well. 2) Adoption of a code of
conduct. MIT has adopted a code of
conduct to protect the rights of workers. The code includes provisions for the protection of women’s rights
and includes standards for basic health and safety. The code does not provide a living wage in its current form.
Arguing about sweatshop abuse?
Our annotated consensus
statement gives details on sweatshop abuse and rebuts common arguments
made in favor of sweatshop labor conditions. AIDS
COURSEJanuary 2002. UTR has coordinated a
6-credit pass/fail course on the AIDS pandemic, entitled “AIDS: Social,
Economic and Political Aspects of the Pandemic” (Course No. 21A.898). The
course covers: o
the current public health
problem o
pharmaceutical
debates o
social
dynamics o
political
issues To find out more, and to
obtain copies of lectures and readings, visit the course
website. POVERTY,
HEALTH & HUMAN RIGHTS LECTURE SERIESJanuary 2002. UTR sponsored a series
of lectures and films focused on ways to relieve human suffering caused by
poverty, disease, war and natural disasters. The first lectures were held
over MIT’s Independent Activities Period (IAP). The schedule was as
follows:
Fri
Jan 11, 01-03:00pm, Room 3-133 Dr. Joia Mukherjee, medical
director of the international NGO Partners in Health. International Refugee
Crises
Fri
Jan 18, 01-03:00pm, Room 3-133 Dr.
Susannah Sirkin, Deputy Director of the Nobel Peace-prize-winning group
Physicians for Human Rights. Landmines Eileen Campbell, Physicians for Human Rights. Sweatshop Labor and MIT
Clothing
Fri
Feb 1, 01-03:00pm, Room 3-133 Balakrisnan Rajagopal, Professor of Urban Studies and Planning, and Alice Amsden, Professor of Political Economy.
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