Nike has a conscious?

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T90swiftsocball.jpgNike has announced on its website that it will not take orders of hand-stitched soccer balls from a Pakistani company because of labor violations.
Nike decided to end its contract after a six-month investigation of Saga Sports, which makes hand-stitched soccer balls in private homes. Nike has a policy against home-based settings because of the potential for underaged workers and the inability to ensure safe working conditions, the company said.
"This contract factory has persistently broken its commitments and irrevocably breached its trust with us; most importantly, the factory has failed its employees," said Nike CEO and president Mark Parker in a company press release.
Nike said its investigation uncovered "serious allegations by trade union representatives and other Saga employees of worker harassment, wrongful termination and inaccurate payment of wages."
The company said the Fair Labor Association, in an unannounced audit of Saga unrelated to Nike's investigation, found similar violations. Nike said it held repeated meetings with Saga executives to correct the problems, but "Saga did not make needed changes."
joga_vendingmachine_2_w428.jpgThe balls were made inside private homes in Sialkot, Pakistan, where Saga is based.
Hannah Jones, Nike's vice president of corporate responsibility, said that in support of workers the company strives to work with its contract factories to remediate compliance violations and create continuous improvement in contract factory conditions. However, in this case, the company said it exhausted all options and was left with no alternative but to cease orders, despite the potential impact to workers and the near-term affect on Nike’s soccer ball business.
On a related note, have you seen this Nike ball vending machines?


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AYTACZZ said:

PLZ PUT ONE IN MELBOURNE

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