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-12 posts tagged "Worker Participation Committee"
Mary Steurer | Friday, September 20, 2019
Members of the Notre Dame community discussed how colleges and universities can set the standard for fair labor practices in a panel titled “From Sweatshops to Sweating Audits” in the Hesburgh and Joyce Dining Rooms of the Morris Inn Thursday. The panel was preceded by a presentation from Student Worker Participation Committee members senior Anna
Megan Valley and Kelli Smith | Wednesday, May 2, 2018
The Worker Participation Committee (WPC) presented its new recommendations regarding the manufacturing of Notre Dame licensed products in other countries during a panel discussion in Geddes Hall on Tuesday. The presentation was primarily conducted by University Executive Vice President John Affleck-Graves and doctoral student in moral theology Craig Iffland. Both panelists outlined five points summarizing the
Lucy Lynch | Thursday, April 19, 2018
Members of the Worker Participation Committee presented a panel explaining their recent recommendations regarding the manufacturing of Notre Dame licensed products in other countries Wednesday. Panelists included Executive Vice President John Affleck-Graves, doctoral student in moral theology Craig Iffland, senior Hannah O’Brien and professor Georges Enderle. The Worker Participation Committee was formed by University President Fr.
Megan Valley | Friday, March 2, 2018
Two years after being formed by executive vice president John Affleck-Graves in 2013, the Worker Participation Committee (WPC) made its first round of recommendations in its review of the University’s licensing codes of conduct, specifically regarding the University’s prohibition on the production of Notre Dame–licensed products in China. The main recommendation was to conduct a
Lucas Masin-Moyer | Wednesday, March 29, 2017
In the early 1990s, amidst growing concerns over sweatshop labor in the developing world, University President Emeritus Fr. Edward Malloy convened a subcommittee to study the factories where Notre Dame licensed gear was produced. The subcommittee eventually settled on freedom of association for workers as the goal all manufacturers would have to follow, banning manufacturing
Alexandra Muck | Sunday, February 26, 2017
The Higgins Labor Cafe on Friday provided an update on Notre Dame’s licensing pilot program implemented in October 2015 and took student and community input for how to proceed. All Notre Dame licensed goods, which include anything that has the Notre Dame logo on it, are produced by other brands, which usually outsource the actual
Megan Valley | Thursday, April 14, 2016
The student worker participation committee (SWPC) hosted a town hall discussion on the “China Policy” Wednesday night in Geddes Hall. Since 2001, the “Freedom of Association” policy has identified 11 countries, including China, as being ineligible for the production of University merchandise. The Worker Participation Committee (WPC) wrote a “Review of the Freedom of Association
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
Margaret Hynds | Tuesday, November 3, 2015
In an email to the Notre Dame community last Wednesday, University President Fr. John Jenkins announced six factories in China would be allowed to produce Notre Dame licensed apparel for the first time in nearly 15 years. The announcement marks the evolution of a decision that came to be known as the “China Policy” and