The FLA will allow close financial ties to exist between companies and their monitors. The FLA will not make public the monitors' reports, nor will it require disclosure of factory locations. The list of fatal flaws goes on. The FLA is a public relations sham. It will serve no purpose but to conceal sweatshop practices.
Universities control the use of their logos, and consumers control what they buy.
Thus, universities and consumers can dictate terms to the apparel industry. If one company refuses to accept independent monitoring, another company will accept it. The industry says it wants a voice in the monitoring process. The industry has proven by decades of abuse that it does not care about human rights - that it will ruthlessly exploit people as long as we allow it to. Nike vowed never to disclose factory locations, but under pressure from universities and consumers, Nike gave in.