FairWear calls Supporters to the opening of the new Nike Super Store FairWear, Church and Community groups urge Nike to celebrate the opening of their superstore by signing the Australian Homeworkers Code of Practice as recommended by the Senate. Australian workers need the protection of an Australian Code. FairWear Says Go On Nike - DO IT JUST. When: 10am Saturday 14th November 1998 Where: Meeting outside the GPO, corner Bourke and Elizabeth. From there we will march with banner and placards to the new store on the cnr. of Swanston and Bourke. Action will finish at 11am. Why: � FairWear joins groups world wide in their concern at the labour practices of Nike. Nike manufactures in the lowest wage countries of the world. � Nike clothing is made in Australia by Australian workers. Nike is already before the Federal court for alleged violations of Australian labour laws. Australian consumers want to know that Australian Made means Fairly Paid. Nike can do this by signing the Australian Homeworkers Code of Practice. � FairWear says if it is good enough for 105 Australian Companies to sign the Code it should be good enough for Nike. Please see over for the latest news from Nike Watch. " If having no alternative and fearing a worse fate, a workman is forced to accept harder conditions imposed by an employer or contractor, He is the victim of violence against which justice cries out." Pope LeoX111 ( Rerum Novarum,1891) Indonesia: Nike contractors were paying $2.46 a day and are now paying less than 75cents a day to Workers. With the downturn in the Indonesian economy Nike contractors are refusing to pay more. Vietnam: Nike contractors demanding that young women workers run laps around factory in the heat of the day until they drop, hitting and sexually molesting workers China: Nike contractors force new workers to pay their first months wages as a deposit to prevent them from quitting when they find out what conditions are like. Nike refuses to stop using this system even though their own code forbids this practice. Pakistan: Nike was caught using child labour in the production of soccer balls. Although Nike claims to have corrected the problem, the company refuses to allow independent monitors access to its "soccer ball" stitching centre. Exploitation is not right in these countries and it is not right in Australia either. Does the Nike Super Store mean Super exploitation? Go on Nike Do it Just - Sign the Australian Homeworkers Code of Practice and make Australian Made mean Fairly Paid LL.VK
