Monday, September 16, 2013

Nike is not Nice

Today in class we explored real life pros and cons. A man named Jim and a woman named Leslie went to a Nike Factory in Indonesia to explore what is was like for the “sweatshop” workers. The reason they felt compelled to do this is because people argued that the conditions and wages they endured were perfect and nothing wrong with it so they tried it out. The two of them could not stand the conditions because it was inhumane . The 1.25 wages were enough for two meals a day in a 15 hour working day. They slept in a 8 by 8 cement room with one window and temperatures reached up to 100 degrees. They actually got sick and discovered many other problems which make the conditions “imperfect”. 

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