"Nike slammed for supply chain ‘human rights crisis’", July 23 2024

Women in the labour movement held solidarity actions across the US, joining the call of Asian garment workers, Global Labor Justice (GLJ), and the Asia Floor Wage Alliance’s (AFWA) Fight the Heist campaign, to demand justice in NIKE’s supply chain.

Over 20 garment sector unions from six countries along with Global Labor Justice and Asia Floor Wage Alliance launched the Fight the Heist campaign to demand Nike ensure fair pay in its supply chain. In addition, unions representing workers at Nike factories have filed an OECD complaint with the US National Contact Point. It alleges that Nike has contributed to “severe human rights impacts” for garment workers in its supply chain but has not addressed and remediated the impacts according to the OECD Guidelines on Responsible Business Conduct.

The groups are calling on Nike to take responsibility for the alleged human rights crisis supply chain workers faced during the pandemic as a result of the brand’s actions and to ensure workers are paid enough to avoid future crises.

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“As Nike gears up for the Olympics, women workers linked arms from Jakarta to New York to tell Nike to do better for women and pay living wages,” said Jacob Horwitz, field director of Global Labor Justice.

“Nike makes massive profits from the labour of women garment workers in Asia and by selling the image of women athletes and stars in the US today women in the labour movement called on Nike to put its money where its mouth is and pay living wages.”

Nike did not return a request for comment when approached by Just Style.