FURTHER RESOURCES:

FURTHER RESOURCES:

The CAMPAIGN FOR LABOR RIGHTS NEWSLETTER reports in depth on several important labor rights struggles. Send $35.00 to 1247 "E" Street SE, Washington, DC 20003. Include your postal address. Sample newsletters are available upon request.

To receive our email LABOR ALERTS, send a message to [email protected] with "labor alerts—Nike campaign" or "labor alerts—all campaigns" in the subject line.

The CAMPAIGN FOR LABOR RIGHTS WEB SITE: http://www.compugraph.com/clr has information on a number of campaigns in support of the rights of working people around the world and here at home.

Campaign for Labor Rights has a NIKE CAMPAIGN DOCUMENT LIBRARY. Send a message to [email protected] and specify which of these documents you would like to receive (available by email only):

Two columns by Bob Herbert of the New York Times, based on Thuyen Nguyen’s report when he returned from an inspection tour of Nike’s factories in Vietnam: "Brutality in Vietnam" (March 28, 1997) and "Nike’s Boot Camps" (March 31, 1997).
November 3, 1996 article in the Washington Post, written by Australian scholar Anita Chan, describes shoe factories in China—producing for Nike and other companies—which utilize a military type of worker control.
A March, 1997 article by by San Francisco Examiner reporter Stephanie Salter which appeared elsewhere when her own paper refused to print it. "Up Against the Swoosh" tells the author’s anguish at being torn between her children’s desire to have overhyped products and her knowledge of Nike’s exploitation and excesses.
A story in The Sydney (Australia) Morning Herald on April 4, 1997 which reports on a new study detailing the systematic brutalizing of young female employees at Nike factories in West Java, Indonesia.
The complete text of the President task force agreement on sweatshop issues, released on April 14, 1997.
An analysis of the Presidential task force agreement on sweatshop issues from the Campaign for Labor Rights newsletter published in May of 1997. Following the article is a sample letter to Clinton, asking him to pressure the apparel industry representatives on the task force to pay a living wage.
An op ed piece by Rhoda Karpatkin (president of Consumers Union) which appeared in the New York Times on April 20, 1997. The article discusses the pitfalls of using celebrity consultants (such as Andrew Young, who has a contract with Nike) to sort out the dirty laundry of corporations.
A compilation of articles and commentary on strikes at Nike factories in Indonesia and Vietnam in late April, 1997.
Reports printed May 4 and May 30, 1997 detailing reasons for a precipitous drop in Nike stock values. Consumer concerns about Nike labor practices were cited as one of those reasons.
News stories from Indonesia in May of 1997, discussing friction between shoe companies and the Indonesian government. While the government statements clearly are empty posturing intended to deflect criticism due to recent labor troubles, the conflict points out that Nike labor abuses are increasingly becoming an embarrassment to the Jakarta government.
Information from a June 3, 1997 alert posted by the Asian Monitor Resource Center, based in Hong Kong. The alert discusses the new Manpower Bill proposed by the Indonesian government. If enacted into law, this bill would serverely increase restrictions on labor organizing in what already is a very repressive environment.

Justice Do It Nike (based in Portland, OR) provides an email discussion

list. To subscribe, send an email to [email protected] with only the

following in the body of the message:

subscribe justice-nike-l <your.email.address>

Justice Do It Nike has put together a thick booklet—periodically updated -- with reprints of media stories on Nike and with essential documents of the Nike campaign. Send $8.00 (destinations within the U.S.) or $10.00 (outside the U.S.) to Justice Do It Nike, 9275 Westhaven SW, Portland, OR 97225. Include your postal address.

An Australian organization, Community Aid Abroad, has recently produced a carefully researched report: "Sweating for Nike." This is one of the most useful documents about Nike which we have seen. Send $5.00 to Community Aid Abroad, 156 George Street, Fitzroy, 3065, Australia.

CBS "48 Hours" segment on Nike labor abuses in Vietnam, broadcast on October 17. $29.95 plus $3.95 shipping (taxes depend on state), Master Card or Visa. CBS News: 1-800-338-4847. If calling from outside the United States: 212-975-3247.

"Nike Labor Practices in Vietnam." This carefully researched document is available from Vietnam Labor Watch at 200 East 90^th Street, Suite 9E, New York, NY 10128, phone/fax: 212-996-0013, [email protected].

Nike boycott web site, a project of Vietnam Labor Watch, has a variety of Nike-related information, with an emphasis on Nike labor abuses in Vietnam:

http://www.saigon.com/~nike

A member of the Executive Board of Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE)

Local 474, which has been a catalyst for Nike campaign activity throughout

Alberta, maintains a Nike web site at

http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acropolis/5232

A member of Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Local 474 has

anti-swoosh buttons (red circle with a slash through the Nike logo): $1.50

each for orders less than 200 buttons, $1.00 each for orders of 200 or more

buttons. Contact [email protected]

For information on Nike’s labor practices in Indonesia, contact Jeff Ballinger, Press for Change, P.O. Box 161, Alpine, NJ 07620 ph: (201) 768-8120 fax: (201) 768-5812. Newsletter: Nike in Indonesia. Six issues:

$20.00. Free to teachers. Ballinger spent several years in Indonesia.

Video: "Indonesia: Islands on Fire" documents human rights abuses in

Indonesia and East Timor and exposes how Nike and other US corporations

exploit Indonesian labor. 25 minutes. $50 for individuals, $100 for

institutions. Global Exchange, 1-800-497-1994, 2017 Mission Street, Room

303, San Francisco CA 94110, [email protected]

Another resource detailing the general context of human rights abuses in Indonesia is Amnesty International’s recent report, "Indonesia: arrests, torture and intimidation." This report documents the increase in governmental repression since the events of July, 1996. Call or write Amnesty International/USA: (212) 807-8400 AIUSA 322 8^th Avenue, New York, NY 10001.