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Two universities dump Nike over labor practices
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Saturday, 10 July 2010 04:37
Nike owes Honduran workers from two closed plants over $2 million in severance. The University of Wisconsin at Madison and Cornell University have decided to cancel licensing deals with the athletic shoe behemoth if it does not make good. Know any other schools that have gone right on doing business with Nike?
Workers in India, including children, will die grinding gemstones for Valentine's Day.
Workers are paid just 17 ½ to 33 ½ cents an hour to do one of the most dangerous jobs in the world, squatting in front of primitive grinding wheels, using their fingers to press agate and other semi-precious stones against the wheels to shape them. In the process they are covered with silica dust.
Many workers start when they are 12 or 13 years old.
Thirty percent of all gemstone grinders will die of silicosis.
Sign the letter supporting the rights of gemstone workers in India to a safe workplace and fair wages.fdf