When working harder and faster doesn’t necessarily mean more money for workers

Last week Play Fair at the Olympics published a new report: “Clearing the Hurdles: Steps to Improving Wages and Working Conditions in the Global Sportswear Industry” which demonstrates that “substantial violations of worker rights are still the norm for workers in the sportswear industry.” In particular Wages for sportswear workers are still well below a [...]

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Ambitious new Nike Corporate Responsibility Report

Nike has in the past few days (May 31, 2007) released their Corporate Responsibility report. The section dealing with ‘Workers in Contract factories’ makes interesting reading. It starts by acknowledging that the 800,000 workers in their supply chain overshadow any other direct constituency; that 80% of these workers are women aged between 18 and 24 [...]

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