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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 ...
Oregonian

Nike says its factory workers make nearly double the minimum wage. In Indonesia, workers say, ‘It’s not true’

Through boom times and, more recently, slumping sales, Nike Inc. has stuck by a key claim about its overseas suppliers: They pay the average factory worker about twice the local minimum wage. It’s a ...
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Nike Says Its Factory Workers Make Nearly Double the Minimum Wage. In Indonesia, Workers Say, “It’s Not True.”

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