ACADEMICS STUDYING NIKE and ADIDAS- MALAYSIA - SUBCONTRACT FACTORIES
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PROJECT: Find
the non-disclosed locations of Nike, Adidas, etc.
factories. Where are the secret factories? As
soon as we systematically identify where they are, we
can monitor what they are doing.
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Nov 11 - 2008 Micahel Duffy reporting:
http://media-awards.everyhumanhasrights.org/search/results/taxonomy:522
This story helped liberate 1,200 exploited workers. In the coming months it will help thousands. I travelled to Kepong, Malaysia on a tip-off that Nike's teeshirt manufacturer was using forced foreign labour. We infiltrated the factory and gained access to the appalling living quarters. We discovered a form of modern-day slavery and abuse of human rights. In particular, contraventions of Article 4 of the UDHR, relating to slavery and servitude. But also Article 23 relating to just and favourable employment. This report shamed Nike into action. Nike has now released these workers as well as 7,700 others across Malaysia. It has returned recruitment fees and passports and has begun repatriating workers back to their home countries.
http://media-awards.everyhumanhasrights.org/content/presentation
2008 Malaysia report - It's on Youtube as well and you can post a comment
http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=9Qzm7MCusGM
and http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=I8GT2hDQQ9Q&feature=related
Nike makes some bold statements about its Malaysia operations in its Global Strategy report -- http://www.nike.com/nikebiz/nikeresponsibility/pdfs/color/Nike_FY05_06_CR_Report_C.pdf
21/7/2008 Channel 7 broadcast of undercover investigation
Nike stars earn a fortune while their factory workers live in squalor.
Nike has 2 sides: the public face and the hidden misery
Hidden: Human trafficking on a massive scale
Workers pay an upfront fee. To leave they must buy out their debt. Their passports are confiscated until they get them back.
Hytex apparel makes t-shirts for Nike. == stacks up to 300 workers to a shed that serves a dormitory.
They work 6 days a week for $45 Australian dollars.
Nike says its investigating the Channel 7 claims.
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ADIDAS -Malaysia
CONTACT:
PERUSAHAAN CHAN CHOO SING
TAI WAH CONTACT:
UNITED SWEETHEART GARMENT CONTACT:
CHIA MOON GARMENTS CONTACT: SEE FULL LIST -- See ADIDAS List |