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though there was a plurality of
viewpoints on the FLA’s board.
“It seems to a lot of people that
you don’t have the laborers and
students,” she said.
Harvey said the group United
Students Against Sweatshops has
been invited several times to par
ticipate with the FLA, and there
are already several labor represen
tatives active in the organization.
Harvey said the seven industry
representatives cannot vote on is
sues that involve their own facto
ries, and the mix of six representa
tives from human rights and labor
groups and one university repre
sentative provide other voices to
be heard during board discussions.
“Hopefully, this will provide us
with a system of balance that
keeps the process fair,” he said.
In addition to calling attention
to corporate involvement in the
FLA, Sullivan also expressed his
doubts about the worth of the
group’s factory inspections.
All of a company’s factories
would be monitored in the first
year of its being evaluated by the
FLA, and in the second year, three
out of 10 factories chosen by the
FLA would be monitored. In fol
lowing years, Harvey said, a statis
tical sampling model would deter
mine which factories are
inspected.
When the FLA inspects finan
cial records, it must announce the
i ( You can only hide so
much. If the workers say
they make nine pesos and
the books say 16, you can
start digging.
Pharis Harvey
member,
FLA board of directors
inspections, Harvey said. He said
while it is common for some facto
ries to have more than one set of
books, the truth can usually be
found during employee inter
views.
“You can only hide so much,”
he said. “If the workers say they
make nine pesos and the books say
16, you can start digging.”
Matt Dyste, University director
of trademark licensing, asked Har
vey if the FLA was proposing a
clothes label that would indicate
to consumers the garment was
made in humane conditions.
Because of the huge volume and
short time in which products are
made in the garment industry, Har
vey said it would be essentially
impossible for the FLA to initiate a
label policy.
University Senate President and
English Professor James Earl in
quired about the University’s role
in the wider issue of preserving
humane conditions in foreign fac
tories.
Harvey said the University has a
responsibility as a top educational
institution to educate young peo
ple about what popular garment
industries are doing in foreign
countries. If the industries are
found in fault of violating basic la
bor standards, he said students can
turn their massive purchasing
power against the companies.
“Students are the trendsetters in
clothing and garment buying,” he
said.
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