Nike Sweatsshacks

largest in the world. In 1993, Nike’s fiscal revenues were as large as the NBA, NFL, and Major

League Baseball’s television deals, ticket sales, and paraphernalia sales combined. In addition to

their phenomenal sales, Nike has marketed itself so thoroughly that it has literally become a

household name. This hefty sum of money seems even more outrageous given the conditions of

the factories used to produce these high-dollar goods. Nike does much of its shoe production in

countries like China and Haiti where workers cannot be represented by labor unions. These

workplaces are called sweatshops. The Department of labor defines a workplace as a sweatshop

if it violates two or more of the most basic labor laws including child labor, minimum wage,

overtime and fire safety laws (Given,1). In attempts to improve its public image, Nike

spokeswomen Donna Gibb argues that the average wage of a Nike worker in Indonesia is double

the local minimum wage (Williams,19) . Ironically, in most cases workers actually make less

than the minimum wage. In these sweatshops workers are paid $0.70 at best for a pair of shoes

least a bit more than the basic living needs. Sweatshop workers are not treated like humans and

themselves alive. Companies that use sweatshops pay third world governments in need of money

women explains her feelings on the attempted bribes, ““But we refused. I answered them, we

to ensure that its subcontractors follow governmental health, safety, and environmental

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