Why does our country find the need to use sweatshops.why would a company like Nike feel the need for it also?
93616
Corporate greed….cheap labor….It is all about the Benjamins.\n\nThink of it from their view point (which I am not saying is right just to clarify) but where is it cheaper to open a factory, America or some third world country?  Who do you have to pay less money to for the work they perform, where can you hire young children to perform the work because there are no employment laws to protect them?
350379
its important to remember that part of it is perspective. People dont tend to think too much about the working poor, the people who work full time jobs but get paid so poorly they cant get far above the poverty line. Though there is a free rider problem, there are probably just as many people (if not a whole lot more) who do what they can and the extra kick from welfare helps get them by. My best guess as to why the freerider phenomon exists, people at some point down the line become disenchanted with the way the system is. They either feel like the "man is sticking it to them" or that there isnt a way out of where they are at. When one feels like they cant succeed in a certain lifestyle, they look for another avenue to be successful. For some that might mean spending their money on name brand clothes and nicer things, even if they cant afford them an are force to have bad credit, because nice objects bring status in our society. Still i dont believe the freerider issue is as drastic as we are lead to believe, as one "bad experience" with someone who is under Gov aid tends to influence our thinking about the program as a whole.
851637
They are mostly all done overseas now.  Look at all  the label in your clothes...they are made everywhere but the US for the cheap labor.    Google garment manufacturers.
930644
u r doin great dude! keep buyin ur nike shoes, its ok, they can keep exploitin those people who work for them, u know? its ok, they can kill the forests and keep pumpin filth into the skies, but please!! dont let us wothout our nike shoes!!! u r helpin those jerks!\n\nthis is an answer by the new, more stupid and booooring than ever:\nSaint Jimmy\n\nPs: i still hate dubbya!!!!!
1172554
hard to penetrate a company which has such stance... why don't you try to target their distribution channel, offering cheaper, more flexible products, once the company (i mean the garment comapny) identifies you as a potential competitor, they will certainly be more interested in you and change their stance... all the best
369332
It's called child sweat shops... we are so greedy to get money, we expliot any other nation we can paying as low as possible to do it, so we can have even more money. \nThey work up to 12 hours a day, for pennies, while the U.S. company sells their products for a huge profit.\nBut, according to Republican's they should just be happy to have jobs... hahaha... nice excuse to expliot a people.
303394
We owe Communist China Multi- Billions in trade deficits. Our American companies (Wal*Mart) found that worker rights cut into their profits. A shirt sewed by a 10 year old Chinese girl cost much less than a shirt sewed in a union shop. The Chi-com shirt is no damn good so you will buy another in a few weeks. By the way the reason for the deficit   ///China won't buy our goods either.
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Where does Nike produce its shoes? \n\n\nDuring the 1970's, most Nike shoes were made in South Korea and Taiwan. When workers there gained new freedom to organize and wages began to rise, Nike looked for "greener pastures." It found them in Indonesia, China, and most recently Vietnam--countries where protective labor laws are poorly enforced and cheap labor is abundant. Also in China and Vietnam, the law prohibits workers from forming independent trade unions. This was also true in Indonesia until 1998, when dictator General Suharto was overthrown. These three countries continue to be the major places where Nike shoes are made. \n\n\nDoes Nike run its own factories? \n\n\nNo, Nike does not own any of the factories where its shoes are produced; it contracts the work to various factory owners. Nike say it is in the business of "marketing" shoes, not making them. However, Nike dictates the terms to the contractor: the design, the materials, the price it will pay. While companies like Nike used to try to avoid responsibility for factory conditions by saying they were "just the buyer," the anti-sweatshop movement has made this excuse unacceptable and forced the retailers—who are, after all, the ones who make the greatest profit—take responsibility for the workers who make their products. \n\nWhy pick on Nike, if other shoe companies are just as bad? \n\n\nFirst of all, we heard many, many complaints from Nike workers and local labor groups. The AFL-CIO office in Indonesia, for example, said that Nike factory workers filed more complaints about wage violations than any other shoe company. In the first two years that Nike was in Vietnam, one factory official was convicted of physically abusing workers, another fled the country during a police investigation of sexual abuse charges and a third was under indictment for abusing workers, as reported in The New York Times. \n\nSecondly, it's important to pick a company that can afford the cost of improvements. Nike is so profitable and sells its shoes for such high prices that it can well afford to double the workers' wages without increasing the retail price. \n\nThirdly, Nike is the biggest shoe company in the world and puts itself forth as an industry leader. Their Code of Conduct says: "in the area of human rights... in the communities in which we do business, we seek to do not only what is required, but what is expected of a leader." By targeting the industry leader, we hoped to make changes throughout the whole industry. This strategy has proven effective. Reebok, for example, has been making improvements in its overseas factories even though it has not been the target of a major campaign. Adidas, fearful of being tarred with the Nike brush, is starting to make changes as well. \n\n\nAren't the workers happy to have the factory jobs? \n\n\nNike has indeed brought many jobs to Southeast Asia, and workers certainly want jobs. But they want their dignity, too. They don't want to be physically or verbally abused by their supervisors or to work excessive overtime for extremely low wages. Job creation and worker exploitation should not go hand in hand. It is not enough to simply create jobs; Nike should be creating opportunities and prosperity, paying wages that allow its workers to pull themselves out of poverty. \n\nWhile company officials say that many workers line up to get these jobs whenever there are openings, they fail to mention the numerous strikes that workers organize to protest unfair labor practices. In April 1997, 10,000 Indonesian workers went on strike over wage violations. In the same month, 1,300 workers in Vietnam went on strike demanding a one-cent-per-hour raise and in 1998, 3,000 workers in China went on strike to protest not only low wages, but hazardous working conditions. And remember, in these countries, workers who protest put themselves at great personal risk. They can end up fired and blacklisted
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It is very important as part of company's strategy, but you must be talented to do so. There are a lot of people that are trained in the shops - all they would be interested is if you have any previous experience and how you understand the fashion in those countries. It is very important, that is for sure.
253909
This has been happening since the end of World War II.  Being in a capitalist society, which is the only society that gives hope to the poor man, you will have things such as outsourcing happen in the name of profits.  The fact is there are very few manufacturing jobs left in this country and of those that are here the majority use parts made in other countries.  We have become a nation of technology,  service, and agriculture as well as the health professions being where most of our jobs today and the future will be.  I wish that we would not have lost as many jobs as we have, however it did not just come sneaking up on us in the past couple of years.  To get reversal on this practice will take more than a couple of years as well.
246781
They are all made in sweatshops - what's your event - don't worry about brand, worry about function and fit.
597451
neither.\n\nwhy? its overpriced junk made in sweatshops in vietnam.\n\nget some 20 dollar shoes and settle for that.
218015
They should definitely lose this status.  America is being sold out left and right to Chinese workers earning $.20/hr and work in sweatshop labor conditions.  We need to replace the concept of free trade with fair trade.  The Internet issue just one of hundreds of reasons.
97634
Foor infoormetion anout net wurk merketing yu must go too yehoo surch oor samething nike that.\n\nOK?
1039179
Walmart buys from many third word nations.  And no it does not make me go hmmm, it is fairly commom knowledge that child labor, prison labor, slave labor and more is used in the manufactor of thier products.  All sorts not just garments.\n\nThey will buy from the cheapest sourse, period, if you have made for them for years, they will drop you next day if they can save a few cents per garment.\n\nAlso don't forget that McDonalds "happy meal toy"  think of some child chained to a work bench making it, the next time you see one sitting there.
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its like driving a shitty rusted ford tempo or a brand new sleek ferrari. which would u choose?i have 3 pairs of jordans one pair being a prototype never been realesed that cost me over 700$ alone. and when im in a new pair of jordans and see people in geeky brooks i laugh.stop drinking the jordan hater-ade.why do women spend thousands on a dior (or add any fashion na,me brand) handbags when a grocery bag is probaly more spacious and cheaper?they like the name,prestige and quality of the more expensive brand names.and whether they are made in sweat shops means nothing.i have never had a pair fall apart.i guess there little malnourished child fingers can get right in there and sew that shoe good.does them making 5 cents a day bother me while im playing a game in my nice kicks?no not really.if nike didnt give them the 5 cents they would lounge around in trash all day anyways.
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1) Why do they do it- They make a LOT of money using child labor in 3rd world countries.\n\n2)why do people still support them by buying their products - People buy them because the company does GREAT marketing, like paying super sports heroes ot have their logo. So another good question, why do multimillionaire sports figures advertise for them? ANSWER: They are as greedy as the company.\n\n3) there products that we know for SURE aren't made from child labour - Yes, most (not all) products made in the US are not made with child labor because it is illegal. But, to be 110% sure, you would have to see it produced yourself.