March 26, 1999

Protesters Are Unswayed by New Effort on Labor Standards for College Apparel

By MARTIN VAN DER WERF

Secretary of Labor Alexis M. Herman called it a "partnership among students, faculty, and administrators." But many students made it clear last week that they did not support the agreement by 17 colleges and universities to join an industry-sponsored effort to monitor conditions at foreign factories producing college apparel.

"These schools went right behind the backs of the students who have forced

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