So glad to see people suddenly taking on Nike's business practices
for reasons that I'm certain have nothing to do with their paying a prominent BLM activist athlete. I'm sure that has nothing at all to do with the sudden concern.
That said, since we're all at this point, I assume that means everyone is ready to:
1. Get back to work on trade deals that toughen labor standards overseas (reasonable people can disagree about the TPP, but it would have forced Nike's Vietnamese factories to recognize the workers' union: we need a trade deal with the southeast asian countries that does that)
2. Fully fund the Labor Department's inspection and enforcement teams
3. (EDITED, thanks flotsam) Destroy/reuse/upcycle/hand-down used clothes domestically rather than sending container ships full of them to the developing world where they kill off the domestic home crafts clothing industry. If they're still fashionable and presentable, there are charities for this (in particular women's business is in dire need, especially of plus sizes) If you don't know what use old clothes could be, ask your local crafter/maker community.
4. Force domestic manufacturers to end piecework contracts that see workers (often undocumented immigrants) earning as little as $3 to $4 per hour.
5. PAY THE FULL COST OF CLOTHING in a way that does not externalize the cost to the communities that make it.
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