Nike: Malaysian factory violates major rights

Source: MSNBC

PORTLAND, Ore. - Nike Inc. said Friday that it has found major worker rights violations at one of its Malaysian contract factories, including squalid living conditions, garnished wages and withheld passports of foreign workers.

The investigation began more than a week ago following a report of "human trafficking on a major scale" of foreign workers at the factory by Australia's Channel 7.

Nike said its investigation confirms there are serious breaches of its code of conduct and has taken numerous steps to immediately protect the workers.

Hannah Jones, Nike's vice president for social responsibility, said she would not qualify the violations as human trafficking but said the investigation is ongoing.

"This isn't about definitions, this about action on the ground to help these workers," Jones said.

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Nike must have been shocked - SHOCKED, I say - to discover human rights violations at one of their plants.

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I don't.

If it rose to the level of Nike noticing, it must be bad.

They were ill fitting and mercifully short lived, destroyed by the toe clips on my bike in about six months.

I've stuck to Reebok and New Balance since then. They fit better and last longer. I doubt their factories are much better, but the product is.

But you have to check the labels, because some are made in China.

Oddly, there doesn't seem to be a price difference.

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