Barnet, Richard J. and John Cavanagh. 1994. "Just Undo It: Nike's Exploited
Workers." New York Times (13 February): Section 3, page 11.
This article is adapted from their new book, "Global Dreams: Imperial
Corporations and the New World Order" (Simon & Schuster).
A pair of Nikes costs $5.60 to produce. They typically sell for between $45
and $80, the company says.
The entry-level wage for Indonesian Nike workers is $1.35 a day.
Michael Jordan's reported $20 million fee for promoting Nikes in 1992 exceeded
the entire annual payroll of the Indonesian factories that make the shoes.
Overtime is often mandatory, and union protections are nearly nonexistent. If
there is a strike, the military often will break it up.
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Michael Perelman
Economics Department
California State University
Chico, CA 95929
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