U. of Wis. cuts ties with Nike over labor concerns - 0 views

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  #1 evaurelia on 16 Apr 10

   

  http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100410/ap_on_bi_ge/us_wisconsin_nike_2
  Students at the University of Wisconsin, Madison fought against the unfair labor practices endorsed by Nike's sweatshops in Honduras and won. The campaign stemmed from knowledge that Nike hired factories, located in Choloma and San Pedro Sula, as suppliers to produce apparel. The factories closed without notice in January 2009 with the workers being owed $2.6 million in severance payments
  required under Honduran law. The response that Nike has given has been insufficient, and only claims that the University's apperal does not come from those factories. This is no excuse since first of even if that is true, the closing of their factories only means that they are moving them to areas where the workers can work more cheaply and are not unionized.

   

  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner"><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100410/ap_on_bi_ge/us_wisconsin_nike_2" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100410/ap_on_bi_ge/us_wisconsin_nike_2</a> <br /> Students at the University of Wisconsin, Madison fought against the unfair labor practices endorsed by Nike's sweatshops in Honduras and won. The campaign stemmed from knowledge that Nike hired factories, located in Choloma and San Pedro Sula, as suppliers to produce apparel. The factories closed without notice in January 2009 with the workers being owed $2.6 million in severance payments <br /> required under Honduran law. The response that Nike has given has been insufficient, and only claims that the University's apperal does not come from those factories. This is no excuse since first of even if that is true, the closing of their factories only means that they are moving them to areas where the workers can work more cheaply and are not unionized.</div>

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