Hold the PVC near one edge of the meter stick. Notice that the meter stick is attracted to the PVC pipe and begins to move toward it. Keep the PVC pipe moving and the meter stick will follow. With 4 people and 4 charged PVC rods spread around the table the meter stick can be passed from one person to the other and made to rotate continuously. The charged PVC rod attracts the uncharged meter stick.
Charged things attract uncharged things.
The negative PVC makes the near side of the meter stick positive and the far side negative. The meter stick becomes electrically polarized. The PVC then attracts the nearby positive charges more strongly than it repels the more distant negatives. The meter stick is then attracted to the PVC rod.