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Article

19 Jun 2009

Author:
Carsten Terp & Anne Skjerning, Taenk Magazine [Denmark]

[PDF] When Nike Equals Strike [Vietnam]

When 20,000 workers at a big Nike contractor near Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam went on strike one year ago, Mr. T was fired. He can never again work for the factory, but some of his colleagues have paid an even higher price. They were harassed by the police and put under long-term surveillance…Internal Nike documents in our possession reveal that at this time the strike was handled in a close collaboration between government officials and the management at the factory – with Nike on the sidelines…In a statement the sportswear giant says that the company has never heard of threats to workers. Nike also states that no workers were fired as a result of the strike, that no workers were disciplined, and that the police was only called to “protect the well-being of the strikers, the management and factory property.”