Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Child Labor In Nike Sweashop.

Nike is very well known for sweatshops, but what really goes on, we cant tell for sure.
"The multi-billion dollar sportswear company Nike admitted that it blew it by employing children in Third World countries but added that ending the practice might be difficult. "
"Philip Knight, the company chairman, clearly stung by reports of children as young as 10 making shoes, clothing and footballs in Pakistan and Cambodia, attempted to convince Nike's critics that it had only ever employed children accidentally. "Of all the issues facing Nike in workplace standards, child labor is the most vexing,"
Child labor really sticks out to me. So many young children working there childhood away. In the factorie there are many toxic chemicals floating around in the air making many workers life threatning sicknesses. These children should not have to risk there health and life at such a young age. I believe that every child should be being a child. I believe that they should be playing in their back yards and not working there life away.