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Artículo

18 Jun 2005

Autor:
Richard Read, The Oregonian [USA]

At one Nike contract plant, no sweatshop, but plenty of sweat [China]

After Nike's recent disclosure of the names and locations of 705 independent contract factories in its network, a plant visit reveals significant improvements since the 1990s. The main issue to surface is one that Nike managers acknowledge as a widespread problem: overtime hours exceeding maximums set by Nike and local laws...[Medea Benjamin, founding director of Global Exchange] says the company should shun China and other nations that ban unions; Nike managers maintain they can do more to support freedom of association by engaging with China...The factory also makes bags for Dakine Hawaii Inc.