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I am going to write my paper on Nike and the poor treatment they have for their employees in their sweatshops. There have been reports of physical abuse, sexual abuse, salary below minimum wage and debilitating quota systems are confirmed by CBS News, the New York Times, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, AP, Reuters as well as other non-profit and non-governmental organizations. The courage of two individuals from the Vietnam sweatshops, in 1996, is what helped spark a worldwide movement. These two individuals that we have to thank for this are Thuy & Lap. Although they helped make the problem known, Nike continues to treat its labor problem as matter public relations. Nike's factory wages are still the lowest among foreign-owned factories in Vietnam along with in other countries.

Nike now tries to portray their company as a responsible company; they have put out more Nike-funded “studies” to look sorry for their actions. Nike has used $10 Million to fund a Global Alliance and used it to publicize their company as one that supports the studies on Asian workers, yet behind public eye Nike continues its goal to sabotage any labor organization that stands in its way. They attempted to send a letter to a Vietnam organization to prevent them from being overpowered by Us boycotters against changing the way the country worked that way Nike would still be capable of getting away with their bad practices.