But while Ryan stressed that students have beenincluded in negotiations, PSLM members said theyare being ignored.

Shuldiner said the University scrapped a year'sworth of collaboration between Harvard and PSLMwhen other Ivy League schools decided they wantedto create a shared code.

"The Ivy League got together and decided theywanted to make their own code, and all thenegotiations we had done for years went out thewindow," Shuldiner said.

Friends in High Places

While PSLM members do not rule out sit-ins andallude to "direct action" if the University doesnot accede to their demands, they also say publicpressure will be important to a successfulcampaign.

Twenty-four Congressional representatives,including minority House leader Richard A.Gephardt (D-Mo.) and David E. Bonior (D-Mich.)signed a letter expressing "strong support" forthe efforts of PSLM and other protestors ofsweatshop labor.

"Your recent protests have drawn importantattention to the fact that some codes ofconduct...do not meet all the criteria that youbelieve are necessary to ensure that universitylicensed apparel is not made in sweatshops," theletter reads.

"I think what the students are saying is 'weexpect you to follow through on your words," saidDaniel Weiss, chief of staff to RepresentativeGeorge Miller (D-Calif.), who authored the letter.

Miller also sponsored a resolution urgingcolleges and universities to adopt strong codes ofconduct, which passed through Congress last year.

PSLM members say they are optimistic thatnational momentum will ultimately drive theirmovement to success.

"The only way to get the administration to actis through public influence and influence onHarvard's image, so I think that having 20congressmen say this is the right thing to do is apowerful statement," McKean said