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An 11-member panel convened by the National Institutes of Health to review plans for a Biosafety Level 4 lab said Friday that the university’s neighbors needed to be included in reviews of threats posed by the lab’s research.
At Washington U., Protesters Turn Their Backs on Phyllis Schlafly
Several hundred people—including some faculty members and graduating students—turned their backs as the conservative activist was awarded an honorary degree.
Embattled West Virginia U. President Says He Won't Speak at Commencement
The president, Michael S. Garrison, says he doesn’t want to be a distraction to students.
Morehouse College Will Graduate Its First White Valedictorian
Joshua Packwood maintained a 4.0 grade-point average at the all-male, historically black college.
New York Court Reduces Damages in Suit Against Union College
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March 15, 2007
Wisconsin Will Not Pull Licensing Deal With Adidas Over Labor Abuses
The University of Wisconsin at Madison, which has a licensing agreement with Adidas worth $1.2-million a year through 2011, doesn’t plan to cut its ties to the athletic-apparel company over reports of worker-rights abuses at one of Adidas’s former subcontractors — despite a recent recommendation to do so by its own labor licensing policy committee.
Instead, the university plans to meet with Adidas executives and send an envoy to El Salvador, where the now-closed plant is located, to investigate workers’ claims and recommend what the university should do.
“I am prepared to pursue my very grave concern about what has happened with the Hermosa facility directly to the senior management of Adidas,” Wisconsin’s chancellor, John D. Wiley, said in a written statement.According to the university, Hermosa Manufacturing produced apparel for Adidas from 2000 to 2002. When the plant closed, in 2005, it didn’t pay 260 workers $825,000 they were owed in back pay or severance. In addition, it may have put some unionized workers on a “black list” in retribution for their labor activism.
As part of its agreement with the university to provide uniforms and athletic equipment, Adidas must abide by a code of conduct on how it must treat workers. The university is also allowed to view the company’s books and internal documents to get information about its labor and human-rights practices.
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