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...Model Code of Conduct, the WRC advocates wage floors that drive up employers’ costs, encouraging companies to scale back employment overseas and produce domestically instead. Meanwhile, unskilled workers overseas need these jobs. In Vietnam, for example, employees in Nike factories earn almost three times the minimum wage for state-owned business. Many of these factories also include clinics, the only sources of medical care for employees and their families. In reality, so-called sweatshops are some of the most lucrative employment opportunities available in Vietnam and in similarly underdeveloped parts of the world. The WRC?...
...diligent daily joggers tired of their generic New Balances snagged half-off at City Sports and willing to shell out a little more for their next workout outfit comes the brilliant new Nike Nylon Cortex ID. Admit that you’re running for the gratification of your own ego anyway and take that narcissism to a whole new level—imagine a pair of sneakers emblazoned with your own name! Customers go through a three-step questionnaire on the website (beginning with “Are you male or female” to ensure the correct gender normative...
Since its creation, however, the FLA has been repeatedly criticized by labor experts because of the influential position its 13 member companies, including Nike, Reebok and Polo Ralph Lauren, hold within the organization...
Over this past summer, McLean-Foreman trained in Britain, and proved his speed by competing with some of that nation’s top runners. In two separate British Miler’s Club Nike Grand Prix meets, he placed sixth in his 1500-meter heat with a time of 3:47.53 and seventh in his 800-meter heat with a time of 1:49.79. To put his times in perspective, last spring’s 1500 meter Ivy champion had a time of 3:46.63, and the 800 meter winner had a time...
Take a look at your Harvard hoodie, and you might see a familiar swoosh. Just before Nike made its first appearance at the Coop in 2001, a factory that produces college gear for the company was reported to be shamelessly abusing its workers, from paying sub-minimum wages to denying access to bathrooms, and illegally firing hundreds who went on strike to demand they be treated like human beings. The conditions at Nike’s Kukdong factory in China were uncovered by the Workers’ Rights Consortium (WRC). When their report on Kukdong was released, universities belonging...