Nike is a complete corporate disgrace

They certainly aren't the only ones....thanks for the information

too bad they can get with away with that.

GM and Ford are doing it too.

Thanks for the info.

We need to roll up our shirtsleeves and figure something out to help our economy over here. If I knew where I could shoes from a mom and pop operation I would do it. I have bought my workbooks locally made by an Amish guy.

too bad they can get with away with that.

What we have is ingenuity and innovation. Let's get to it. Once again, we need to invent whatever it is that the entire world wants, because it seems they want to be us, we are thieir role models., or at least we use to be.

You publish this like maybe it is news. This has been common knowledge for over 20 years.

If the US had any care in the world about those slave labor wages they would have stopped the importing of Nike goods long ago. It is the consumer and good advrtising that has made Nike in demand.
Quit buying foreign crap and start buying American. Be suprised that you don't need a new pair of shoes nearly as often.

Vote for candidates that will vote against Free Trade Agreements Demand that Free Trade work both ways. Demand that all imports will be offset by an equal number of dollars in exports to the same country from which we import.

I'm all for completely abolishing FREE TRADE to replace it with FAIR TRADE.

We need to end the current corporatocracy ruining the planet and replace it with a global REPUBLIC where citizens of Earth are vested with both fundamental rights and no non-sense responsibilities, all within a solid -moral- setting.

And Nike would need to change its ways to still exist in such a world because as it stands, it's rotten to the core.

I haven't bought Nike's since the late '80's. They suck, and they're overpriced.

Both the company, and the product!

We won't buy nike. They cost too much.

Another dirty little secret-try to buy a shoe made in America. Really hard!

Back in earlier decades many people shopped according to how the corporate entity delt with society as far as jobs and community participation was concerned. Now for the most part people do not look at that and shop for either a certain name brand or price without consideration for the corporate attitude. I have never owned a Nike anything and look at most of my purchases with the corporate attitude in mind. I am sure if more did that the horrible conditions would change.

Like what has been said this is not a rare occurance. Nike is simply one of many. Companies go all over the world and pollute the environment as well as make goods in a near slave like atmosphere.

Bert, there are still a few shoes made in America but few can afford to buy them.

Nike has some shoes made in Vietnam, where the government recently did some early stage union busting.

.. hides Nike's. You'll get my ipod and Nikes from my cold, dead hands.

Your replies are awesome, as usual — thanks for posting them!

In a way, I feel that "corporate America" has failed both its workers and domestic supporters (mainly the customers) who believed in some kind of "invisible social contract" that basically said "help build up this wonderful country by multiplying wealth for as many workers as possible and we, the people, will encourage your company".

It seems Wal-Mart, the poster child for corporate America, is an excellent examplification of this as out of everything that's sold in their stores, over 70% comes directly from China! The "Wal-Mart shoppers" continue to flock to "Wal-China" but it's obvious lots of them feel something's off, they can't put their finger on it but in many ways, Wal-Mart feel like a profoundly "fake" corporate hero.

Nike still pretends it's this great American icon but it's become something that many Americans don't want to associate with, like sweatshop workers, enslaved to their sewing machines doing repetitive work all day in the hope of scoring just enough money to cheat death by starvation, day after day.

Americans are clever people -and- they're not alone in feeling this corporate malaise as people from many other nations are seeing through the transnational companies' lies more than ever before.

If you want to buy Nike stuff, go for it — or better yet, "Just do it"!

What matters is that you're now aware of what your money buys.

For instance, on the 250$ you paid for those flashy-looking Nike shoes, a few pennies have gone to some young Indonesian girl, a few dollars to the raw materials purveyors, no more than 20$ for the boxing, shipping, handling and marketing and then, you can split the rest, about 225$ more or less evenly between Nike and the retailer — and when the Nike shoes are sold through Nike stores, it 100% of the roughly 225$ to... Nike.

So if you feel it's fine and dandy that slave-level young girls in Indonesia get a few pennies for the Nike shoes you just shelled 250$ for, then fine, you're free to buy according to your own moral standards.

This post is important because -not all people- have such flexible moral standards...