Sweatshops

1. Sweatshops Kevin Norris

2. About Nike Sweatshops Nike Inc. has been accused of having a history of using sweatshops a working environment considered by many people to be dangerous and hard. Workers can be exposed to materials that aren't good for you very hot temperatures, and abuse from employers. Sweatshop workers often work long days, sometimes around 14 hours, and earn pay far below a wage were they cant live. Many people in developed countries compare the wages and the amount of labor of the workers in Nike factories to developed world standards. They claim that Nike takes advantage of these labor markets. Nike has denied this claim many times, and expressed that they do not have any control over the factories. Nike has begun to pressure its manufacturers to improve working conditions. Nike has been using sweatshops since the 1970s. When they produced them in South Korea and Taiwan. Then Nike found other places that were cheaper for them.

3. Video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9ZktmrGGMU This video explains some of the things that go on in the Nike sweatshops. When they find new workers they take there passports from them so there stuck. Then after that they make them sigh a three year contract. Where they sleep is very bad sometimes 20 people to a room, were they go to the bathroom is were they cook there food and wash them self's.

4. Living This is how the people that work in sweat shops live. In the video that I have the men and woman lived in the same wear house as they work. Here is some of the rates that they work for. Mexico- 3 cents per hour, china- 44 cents per hour, Indonesia- 34 cents per hour. So there are some of the wages they work for.

5. Some things Nike has tried to change Nike began to monitor working conditions in factories that made their product.During the 1990s, Nike put in place a code of conduct for their factories. They spent about 10 million dollars a year to follow the code. Regulations for fire safety, air quality, minimum wage, and overtime limits. In 1998, Nike introduced a program to replace its petroleum-based solvents with less dangerous water-based solvents.A year later, an independent expert stated that Nike had, substituted less harmful chemicals in its production, installed local exhaust ventilation systems, and trained key personnel on occupational health and safety issues. The study was conducted in a factory in Vietnam. Recently, Nike has developed a program to deal with claims of unfair practices. Nike also gave the Fair Labor Association, a working conditions watchdog the privilege to randomly inspect any factory that produces Nike products. Nike has audited roughly 600 factories since 2002. Some factories received an A and most received a B. When a factory receives a grade of D or lower, Nike threatens to stop producing in that factory unless the conditions are rapidly improved. In 2004, Nike expanded their monitoring process to include environmental and health issues.

6. Try to Change One thing that I have realized is that all the shoes that I buy are all Nike. Now that I learned how the people get treated I'm going to try to stop buying Nike. Hopefully I can talk to my family members and see if they know anything about sweatshops.