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| 29.10.2013, 17:35 - djjuelmab - - 9 Posts How they can make things so cheap in China and Vietnam,Lebron 10 MVP USA company,Lebron MVP, Nike, in Vietnam earn an average of $0.20 per hour. The cost of three meals per day in Cu Chi is about $2. The $37 per month received is below the minimum wage of $45 per month in Vietnam. Most workers are forced to work 600+ hours of overtime per year. This is above the legal limit of 200 hours per year. If they do not accept the forced overtime, they will get a warning and after three warnings they will lose their jobs.Workers cannot go to the toilet more than once per 8 hour shift and they cannot drink water more than twice per shift. Workers commonly faint from exhaustion,Nike Free 3.0v4, heat, fumes and poor nutrition during their shifts. Health care is inadequate. At the Sam Yang factory, with 6000 employees, one doctor works only two hours a day but the factory operates 20 hours a day. Night shift employees do not have any onsite medical emergency services.Abuse of workers is rife: 15 Vietnamese women tell CBS News (USA television) that they were hit over the head by their supervisor for poor sewing, two were hospitalised. Another 45 women are forced by their supervisors to kneel down with their hands up in the air for 25 minutes.100 workers at the Pouchen factory, a Nike site in Dong Nai, are forced to stand in the sun for half an hour for spilling a tray of fruit on an altar with which three Taiwanese supervisors were using. One employee (Nguyen Minh Tri) walks out after 18 minutes, and is dismissed. 56 women at the same factory are forced to run around the factory grounds. 12 of them faint and are taken to hospital.A Nike plant supervisor from Korea flees Vietnam after being accused of sexually molesting several women workers. Many women workers have complained to Vietnam Labour Watch about frequent sexual harassment from foreign supervisors. Even in broad daylight, in front of other workers, these supervisors try to touch, rub or grab their buttocks or chests. One supervisor told a female factory worker that it is a common custom for men in his country to greet women they like by grabbing their behinds.Nike uses subcontractors in Vietnam so that it can legally evade responsibility for local conditions. However, the company dictates the price of shoes and also the cost of operation to its subcontractors. This forces them to set high quotas for their workers and to pay low wages. It has been estimated that the labor cost involved in making one pair of Nike shoes is only $3. These may then sell for over $100 in the USA and Europe.Other plants utilising cheap labour are in China, Indonesia, Thailand, Taiwan,Nike Free Run Womens, and South Korea. Nike, admits to its shareholders that it has used child labour in Vietnam as well as in Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Cambodia.Philip Knight, the founder of Nike,Nike Free 3.0v4, is reputed to be worth $5,400 million. Your desire for personal accomplishment is strong in weeks ahead. You seek egogratification from the final result of your efforts, not from the methods you use to accomplish it. Even if you're dealing with someone who's scrupulously honest, you might misinterpret what they say or only listen with half an ear. Avoid making commitments or promises now because you may have to break them later. ???????: James River Bridge work this weekend 501514 Nike has no plans to change name of Joe Paterno Ch TV stars earn too much 664420 Davis Named as Finalist for 2012 USA Basketball National Team Milton girls knock off national power 503653 |