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Nike Sweatshops

Nike Sweatshops. By: Drake Coomer, Shayla Whitson, Jacob Willis, and Case Covington. What factories have these companies been found to be involved in? Brazil – Coopershoes, Goroon and Smith, Pituka Indonesia – Chang Shin, Hini Daki, and PT Amara Footwear

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Nike Sweatshops

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  1. Nike Sweatshops By: Drake Coomer, Shayla Whitson, Jacob Willis, and Case Covington

  2. What factories have these companies been found to be involved in? • Brazil – Coopershoes, Goroon and Smith, Pituka • Indonesia – Chang Shin, Hini Daki, and PT Amara Footwear • China – Flextronics Manufacturing, Taishan City Parlico Garment Limited, and Fujian Lifeng Q&A

  3. What types of conditions were found present in those factories? • Verbal/physical abuse • No heating/air • Poor air quality • Little to no pay • Dangerous machinery …

  4. How have these companies responded to these connections? • Nike says they have no power to control what their subcontractors do to their employees. • In the 1990’s they added a Code of Conduct to factories. …

  5. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6ikyNu1Q_c Video Link

  6. What do you think other countries should be doing about this abusive labor? • Should Nike be held accountable for how its subcontractors treat their workers? Discussion…

  7. http://www.nikeinc.com/pages/manufacturing-map • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nike_sweatshops • http://labornotes.org/blogs/2010/04/nike%E2%80%99s-love-affair-sweatshops-still-doing-it Bibliography

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