Nike Sweatshop Labor
As I walk in my comfortable well-fitted Nike shoe, I lack the knowledge behind the journey of the shoe’s existence. The Nike brand, better recognized as the swoosh logo or slogan of “Just Do It”, is also the violator of several labour practices. To begin, the creation of Nike shoes is accomplished in sweatshops in Indonesia, China, and Vietnam (Global Exchange, n.d.). On a typical day in Vietnam, Nike shoes are manufactured in a factory where human dignity is nonexistence. These violating practices are similar to the Dhaka factories, in which Vietnam sweatshops are forced to lock their doors despite the fire hazards associated with it (Global Exchange, n.d.). The workers must work at an inhuman pace for approximately 11 hours per day without
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These individuals are generally put in a vulnerable position due to being displaced from their land in the countryside. Once they arrive in the city, they lack the knowledge and education of labour rights which enables their employer to exploit them. Similar to Bangladesh workers, the Vietnamese factory workers suffer through poor working conditions and receive pay less than minimum wage. Using an analytical framework, these workers are exploited due to their vulnerability from being displaced, which enables them to be forced to work long stressful hours to meet high quotas. This includes the workers being forced to work overtime, if they fail to meet the quota, without being paid further (Vietnam Labor Watch, 1997). Additionally, these individuals fear resisting, with the terror of being fire, which would prevent them from sustaining their lives to a greater degree. For that reason, using the class perspective, workers are suppressed from power since they need the job in order to survive. Additionally, the employer receives all the benefit from their work resulting in a conflict of the working class and ruling class. Therefore, the vulnerable workers suffer in blood and sweat due to their wealthy powerful employer, in order to create Nike shoes for one’s pleasure and
These individuals are generally put in a vulnerable position due to being displaced from their land in the countryside. Once they arrive in the city, they lack the knowledge and education of labour rights which enables their employer to exploit them. Similar to Bangladesh workers, the Vietnamese factory workers suffer through poor working conditions and receive pay less than minimum wage. Using an analytical framework, these workers are exploited due to their vulnerability from being displaced, which enables them to be forced to work long stressful hours to meet high quotas. This includes the workers being forced to work overtime, if they fail to meet the quota, without being paid further (Vietnam Labor Watch, 1997). Additionally, these individuals fear resisting, with the terror of being fire, which would prevent them from sustaining their lives to a greater degree. For that reason, using the class perspective, workers are suppressed from power since they need the job in order to survive. Additionally, the employer receives all the benefit from their work resulting in a conflict of the working class and ruling class. Therefore, the vulnerable workers suffer in blood and sweat due to their wealthy powerful employer, in order to create Nike shoes for one’s pleasure and