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Justine Wang | Thursday, April 14, 2016
On Wednesday night, senate passed resolutions bestowing emeritus status on Bryan Ricketts, former student body president, Nidia Ruelas, former student body vice president, and Dan Sehlhorst and Sibonay Shewit, former chiefs of staff. The titles of emeritus status are “in recognition and appreciation of [their] dedication and contribution to the University of Notre Dame,” according
Letter to the Editor | Wednesday, March 23, 2016
Last October, the student body received an email from University President Fr. John Jenkins announcing significant changes to the “Freedom of Association” policy. The original policy stipulated, “Notre Dame licensed products [could not] be manufactured in countries lacking a legal right for workers to organize and form independent labor unions of their own choosing.” China
Selena Ponio | Tuesday, March 22, 2016
As a member of both the Fair Labor Association and the Worker Rights Consortium, Notre Dame prohibits its licensed products from being manufactured in countries that lack a legal right for workers to form independent labor unions of their choice. In 2013, University Executive Vice President John Affleck-Graves appointed the Worker Participation Committee to review
Justine Wang | Thursday, February 4, 2016
Student Senate met Wednesday evening to listen to Bryan Ricketts, student body president, present on the history and current impact of the Worker Participation Committee. “The genesis of it actually started back in the 1990s. Fr. Malloy had us review our licensing procedures and basically said that we do not want to be doing sweatshop
Yuchen Zou | Wednesday, December 2, 2015
Recently, Notre Dame’s “China policy,” which launches a pilot program to manufacture its products in two Chinese factories, has caused a campus-wide debate. As an undergraduate student who doesn’t have much knowledge of labor laws, I don’t feel more qualified than any other student to comment on the policy itself. But still, as a Chinese
Letter to the Editor | Thursday, November 19, 2015
It was with great sadness that I learned last week Notre Dame will allow select mainland Chinese factories to manufacture Notre Dame licensed goods, on a pilot basis, so long as these factories meet certain rigorous labor standards. I realize this decision may be but a prelude to a more ominous one on whether to link
Katherine Smart | Monday, November 9, 2015
The recent debate over the University’s pilot program to allow selected factories in China to manufacture University-licensed products has caused me to think of my own apparel choices. As a college student, how many times have I walked into the bookstore (or any clothing store for that matter) and shaken my fist at the ridiculously high prices? In
Letter to the Editor | Thursday, November 5, 2015
This letter is in response to the announcement made by University President Fr. John Jenkins that Notre Dame is reversing its policy of not making products in China, a country which — in violation of Catholic social teaching — does not allow freedom of association for workers. Given that Jenkins cites Catholic Social Teaching several times in
Letter to the Editor | Monday, February 2, 2015
This month, Notre Dame’s Worker Participation Committee will be revisiting a long-held policy in the Licensing Codes of Conduct regarding freedom of association. The policy states that no apparel with the Notre Dame name or monogram may be manufactured in countries that outlaw independent labor unions in accordance with Catholic social teaching. This policy is
Billy McMahon | Tuesday, January 27, 2015
Notre Dame is union made, and Notre Dame has labor problems. Administrators have fought campus unionization, workers have limited bargaining power and the university’s capital investments have little moral oversight. And yet, Notre Dame is union made. This contradiction is key to the proposed changes to our University’s licensing policy. We have many precedents to