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http://www.saigon.com/~nike/

> [Welcome to Boycott Nike Site - a clearing house on Nike labor practices.]
>
> [Nike, just do it better]
>
> You have to meet the quota before you can go
> home.
>
> She hit all 15 team leaders in turn from the
> first one to the fifteenth...
>
> The physical pain didn't last long,
> but the pain I feel in my heart will never
> disappear.
>
> The above statements were made by Thuy and
> Lap to CBS News. Both of these Vietnamese
> women are workers at the NIKE plant near
> Saigon, Viet Nam. Despite its progressive
> image in the United States, Nike is a very
> different company in Vietnam and in other
> Asian manufacturing operations. Reports of
> physical abuse, sexual abuse, low wages and a
> debilitating quota systems are confirmed by
> CBS News as well other NGOs, yet Nike has not
> remedied or even acknowledged these problems.
>
> In response to these reports, Citizens
> Against Labor Exploitation, an alliance of
> ordinary people have joined with other NGOs
> to protest and to call for a boycott of Nike
> products worldwide until corrective actions
> are taken to improve these abhorrent working
> conditions, which have proven to be insulting
> to human dignity and neglectful of human
> conscience.
>
> Please consult the facts and support this
> simple and necessary effort. The power of One
> is the starting point of power for All.