Just Don't Do It 

NIKE WAGES PER DAY

Mia Hamm's endorsement contract Indonesian shoe factory worker $2,842 24,446,400Rp $1.25 10,800Rp 8600Rp = $1

Children like this girl work 14-hour shifts to make your shoes. They get paid the equivalent of approximately $1.25 per hour. Are you a kid? Wonder what this would be like? Are you a parent? Would you be happy with your kids doing this? NIKE! Saviour of the poor!

Rather than re-hash all the other literature about third-world exploitation by large corporate entities, I'll leave you with some starting points for research, suggestions on what you can do, and more statistics than you can shake a running-shoe at. All sites taken from http://www.nikeworkers.org

Related Web Sites Nike Watch Nike Wages Boycott Nike Nike Beautiful? Nike Campaign Behind the Label Corporate Watch Michael Moore and Nike Academics Studying Nike & Nike Research Proposal The Clean Clothes Campaign ABC's "Behind the News": Nike Workers BBC Panorama (do a search on Nike for best articles) Other Sweatshop Links Fair Wear Sweatshops.org Sweatshop Watch United Students Against Sweatshops Canadian Campaign Against Sweatshops American History Sweatshop Exhibit at the Smithsonian Other Links of Interest WTO Action Witness for Peace 50 Years is Enough! The Global Exchange National Labor Committee Asian Monitor Resource Center Asian Women Workers Newsletter Investor Resposibility Resource Center Pacifica Network and Democracy Now!