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WHERE ARE YOUR CLOTHES FROM? INDO 1011
http://mypotret.wordpress.com/2007/12/19/our-garment-industry-still-sexy/
LOTTOa publicly owned Italian company--Made in Indonesia
• Workers are humiliated and verbally abused on a daily basis. Women are subjected to sexual harassment by male supervisors and management.
FILA a privately owned US company--Made Indonesia • Union workers are harassed by male supervisors and management.
MIZUNO a publicly owned Japanese company--Made in China
• Workers are fined for
flawed products. They are paid piece rates that vary according to how much the management want them to do.
PUMA a publicly owned German company--Made in Thailand
• Women work double
shifts and cannot refuse overtime because wages are low.
ADIDAS a publicly owned German company--Made in Cambodia
• Workers are required to work
for longs hours without breaks. Trips to the bathroom require their card to be stamped by a supervisor. During low seasons their pay is so low it is hard to survive on.
UMBRO a privately owned British company--Made in China
• Workers are refused time off when ill. If workers leave the factory they lose a month’s back pay.
• 2000 factories in Asia: workers sew and assemble its products (Gap Inc., 2004)
openlearn.open.ac.uk/.../ 2392/DD205_2_008i.jpg
•
Company logos have become the closest thing we have to an international language, recognised and understood in many more places than English. Activists are now free to swing off this web of logos like spy/spiders--trading information about labor practices, chemical spills, animal cruelty and unethical marketing around the world. --Naomi Klein (2000)
NIKE • 1970s: Taiwan, South Korea • 1980s: China, Thailand, Indonessia
• 1990s: 800 contracted
suppliers worldwide, half of them in Asia
• Production: 175 million pairs
of shoes each year -Hartman and Wokutch, 2003
Women workers leaving a Nike factory in Indonesia
Survey result on Nike’s 4,450 employees in Indonesia (2008)
• 8% received unwanted sexual comments • 2.5% received unwanted sexual touching on the job.
• Compare: according to 2007 Wall Street
Journal/NBC poll: 31% of American woman had experienced workplace harrassment
• Compare: according to a 1995 goverment
survey, the figure was 55% in the American military.
Survey result on Nike’s 4,450 employees in Indonesia (2008)
• 55% were happy with company medical clinics
• 45% were unhappy • Compare: few American factories have company health clinics, and 45 millions Americans lack health insurance
Survey result on Nike’s 4,450 employees in Indonesia (2008)
• 30% had been victims of violent verbal abuse, like swearing or yelling.
• 73% were satisfied with work relationships
with their direct supervisors, and 68% with factory management
Survey result on Nike’s 4,450 employees in Indonesia (2008)
• While overtime was voluntary, workers felt pressured to take it.
• Compare: in the American newspaper
industry, overtime at smaller publications was often compulsory and sometimes uncompensated despite labor laws.
Survey result on Nike’s 4,450 employees in Indonesia (2008)
• 90% complained that it was hard to get sick time off.
• Nike vice president and senior adviser for
corporate responsibility, Maria Eitel: the report findings were disturbing and a remediation plan had begun to address the problems.
NIKE facts: • Factories: in 55 countries • Contract workers: more than 1/2 millions • Female workers: 83% in the Indonesian
factories, giving them the economic power to help raise their social status
ON THE CONTRARY; Nike in Indonesia, Through a Different Lens by Daniel Akst (March 4, 2001)
• If companies like Nike are the devil that we
know, the off-brand devil that we don't is probably worse. The day may come when Americans display their concern for thirdworld workers by making sure their Nike ''swoosh'' is showing. Then the logo won't be just ubiquitous; it will also be P.C.
Lowongan: Staff Administrasi (code: APSA) Growing Company
• Female, maximum age 28 years • Minimum education: Associate Degree • Expert in office administration • Attractive looking • Single
http://mypotret.wordpress.com/2007/12/19/our-garment-industry-still-sexy/
LOTTOa publicly owned Italian company--Made in Indonesia
• Workers are humiliated and verbally abused on a daily basis. Women are subjected to sexual harassment by male supervisors and management.
FILA a privately owned US company--Made Indonesia • Union workers are harassed by male supervisors and management.
MIZUNO a publicly owned Japanese company--Made in China
• Workers are fined for
flawed products. They are paid piece rates that vary according to how much the management want them to do.
PUMA a publicly owned German company--Made in Thailand
• Women work double
shifts and cannot refuse overtime because wages are low.
ADIDAS a publicly owned German company--Made in Cambodia
• Workers are required to work
for longs hours without breaks. Trips to the bathroom require their card to be stamped by a supervisor. During low seasons their pay is so low it is hard to survive on.
UMBRO a privately owned British company--Made in China
• Workers are refused time off when ill. If workers leave the factory they lose a month’s back pay.
• 2000 factories in Asia: workers sew and assemble its products (Gap Inc., 2004)
openlearn.open.ac.uk/.../ 2392/DD205_2_008i.jpg
•
Company logos have become the closest thing we have to an international language, recognised and understood in many more places than English. Activists are now free to swing off this web of logos like spy/spiders--trading information about labor practices, chemical spills, animal cruelty and unethical marketing around the world. --Naomi Klein (2000)
NIKE • 1970s: Taiwan, South Korea • 1980s: China, Thailand, Indonessia
• 1990s: 800 contracted
suppliers worldwide, half of them in Asia
• Production: 175 million pairs
of shoes each year -Hartman and Wokutch, 2003
Women workers leaving a Nike factory in Indonesia
Survey result on Nike’s 4,450 employees in Indonesia (2008)
• 8% received unwanted sexual comments • 2.5% received unwanted sexual touching on the job.
• Compare: according to 2007 Wall Street
Journal/NBC poll: 31% of American woman had experienced workplace harrassment
• Compare: according to a 1995 goverment
survey, the figure was 55% in the American military.
Survey result on Nike’s 4,450 employees in Indonesia (2008)
• 55% were happy with company medical clinics
• 45% were unhappy • Compare: few American factories have company health clinics, and 45 millions Americans lack health insurance
Survey result on Nike’s 4,450 employees in Indonesia (2008)
• 30% had been victims of violent verbal abuse, like swearing or yelling.
• 73% were satisfied with work relationships
with their direct supervisors, and 68% with factory management
Survey result on Nike’s 4,450 employees in Indonesia (2008)
• While overtime was voluntary, workers felt pressured to take it.
• Compare: in the American newspaper
industry, overtime at smaller publications was often compulsory and sometimes uncompensated despite labor laws.
Survey result on Nike’s 4,450 employees in Indonesia (2008)
• 90% complained that it was hard to get sick time off.
• Nike vice president and senior adviser for
corporate responsibility, Maria Eitel: the report findings were disturbing and a remediation plan had begun to address the problems.
NIKE facts: • Factories: in 55 countries • Contract workers: more than 1/2 millions • Female workers: 83% in the Indonesian
factories, giving them the economic power to help raise their social status
ON THE CONTRARY; Nike in Indonesia, Through a Different Lens by Daniel Akst (March 4, 2001)
• If companies like Nike are the devil that we
know, the off-brand devil that we don't is probably worse. The day may come when Americans display their concern for thirdworld workers by making sure their Nike ''swoosh'' is showing. Then the logo won't be just ubiquitous; it will also be P.C.
Lowongan: Staff Administrasi (code: APSA) Growing Company
• Female, maximum age 28 years • Minimum education: Associate Degree • Expert in office administration • Attractive looking • Single
