Minnesota Daily

Nike responds to allegations of exploitation

Nike contract-footwear factory owners in Indonesia recently announced an increase in the monthly minimum wage to Rp 300,000 per month, a 13 percent increase. This increase is higher than the newly ...
Oregonian

Nike says its factory workers earn nearly double the minimum wage. At this Cambodian factory, 1% made that much

They are lines in the payroll ledger of a Cambodian baby clothing factory, invisible lives near the bottom of the global economy. There is Phan Oem, 53, who says she clocked up to 76 hours a week ...
ProPublica

Decades After Nike Promised Sweatshop Reforms, Workers in This Factory Were Still Fainting

This article was produced by ProPublica in partnership with The Oregonian/OregonLive. Sign up for Dispatches, to get stories like this one as soon as they are published. In Phnom Penh’s hot season, ...
ProPublica

Nike Says Its Factory Workers Make Nearly Double the Minimum Wage. In Indonesia, Workers Say, “It’s Not True.”

The article was produced in partnership with The Oregonian/OregonLive. ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for Dispatches, a newsletter that spotlights ...
Oregonian

Decades after Nike promised sweatshop reforms, workers in this factory were still fainting

In Phnom Penh’s hot season, when the Cambodian capital’s sweltering, subtropical air routinely soars to 100 degrees, more workers than usual visited the infirmaries inside a factory that made baby ...