Document, Progressive Asset Management Press Release, 1997
date: label: date made
content: 1997
notes: label: Description
content: Progressive Asset Management, Inc. used this document to announce that Disney has agreed to measures aimed at reducing sweatshop labor practices at the company. At the Walt Disney Company ‘s 1997 annual meeting, Progressive Asset Management, Inc., brought to a vote a shareholder resolution governing suppliers’ labor practices. Although the resolution did not pass, it received surprisingly strong shareholder support (39 million shares or 8.3 percent). Subsequently, Disney pledged to issue and post a contractor code of conduct and authorize audits and inspections of all contract facilities. Disney garment contractor H. H. Cutler then pulled out of production in Haiti.
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content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: California, Oakland
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content: Work and Industry: Mechanical and Civil Engineering
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content: Work
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content: Sweatshops
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1997.3148.01
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content: 1997.3148
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content: 1997.3148.01
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content: document
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 11 in x 8 1/2 in; 27.94 cm x 21.59 cm