Beach was pleased with the event, and confident about the eventual success of the protests.
"We think we've presented a strong case for joining the WRC," he said. "We anticipate Harvard joining, hopefully by the end of this semester."
This is not a sentiment, however, that seems to be shared by Harvard.
University attorney Allan A. Ryan said "there are no plans to change groups.... We are in to stay with the FLA."
Ryan did express concerns with the factory monitoring practices used by FLA, which include announcing where and when factory inspections will occur, and the single board seat given to the 150 colleges that are members of the FLA.
Yet he did not feel that these concerns were sufficient to switch to the WRC.
"The FLA offers a broad range of businesses and human rights groups," Ryan said. "The WRC is still a work in progress. It is not at this point a good fit for us."