Levi Strauss, 1991 Terms of Engagement (English)
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content: 1995
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content: Levi Strauss & Co. pioneered supplier workplace codes of conduct with its Terms of Engagement in 1991. This pamphlet was published in English. Levi’s commitment to workplace responsibility was tested in 1992 when a news report revealed that a supplier in Saipan was abusing its workforce. Mostly immigrants, the workers were working as much as eleven-hours a day, seven days a week, for as little as $1.65 an hour with no overtime pay (the minimum wage in Saipan was $2.15 an hour). The story was especially embarrassing because the Northern Mariana Islands, a protectorate of the United States, was allowed to label the goods Made in the USA. Levi’s canceled their contract.
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content: Sweatshops
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content: National Museum of American History
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content: Levi Strauss and Company
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content: National Museum of American History
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content: 1998.3024.01
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content: 1998.3024.01
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content: 1998.3024
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content: overall: 8 1/2 in x 11 in; 21.59 cm x 27.94 cm