The Worker Rights Consortium (WRC) is a fair labor monitoring body that oversees the production of collegiate apparel. The WRC was founded by members of United Students Against Sweatshops, university administrators, manufacturing and labor experts. As of 2006 over 160 colleges and universities pay membership dues to the WRC. Four high schools are affiliated as well, including Brattleboro Union High School (Vermont), Oak Park and River Forest High School (Illinois), Jefferson County Open School (Colorado) and Ontario Catholic School Board Affiliate (Ontario). ^[1] (See also List of types of clothing) Introduction Humans often wear articles of clothing (also known as dress, garments or attire) on the body (for the alternative, see nudity). ... United Students Against Sweatshops. ... Representation of a university class, 1350s. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Once a school affiliates with the group, they pass a Code of Conduct, which typically includes provisions against child labor, indentured labor, and discrimination of any kind. For annual affiliation dues, the WRC sends representatives to facilities in third-world countries where clothes are actually being produced. They can then interview workers and examine working conditions firsthand, in order to ensure that the code of conduct passed by the school is being upheld. The WRC then makes annual, public reports on the working conditions in the facilities. When a factory is found to not be upholding the code of conduct, they are usually threatened with contract termination. However, as of 2005, only two universities have had to make this threat. The factories improved conditions and neither contract was terminated. // Child labor or labour is the employment of children under an age determined by law or custom. ... The word discrimination comes from the Latin discriminare, which means to distinguish between. To discriminate socially is to make a distinction between people on the basis of class or category without regard to individual merit. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Developing country. ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

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External links

• Worker Rights Consortium (homepage)