After talking about this invisible cycle of oppression manufacturing has developed I wanted to make something a little more visible. When I say the manufacturing cycle of oppression I am referring to all the detrimental and unjust conditions within the whole cycle. For example, from the dirty extraction processes ruining or toxifying people’s homes, to the poor working conditions of production, to the polluting and intensive transportation (to the blind developed countries), and then to the disposal and monstrous waste build up of some peoples trash in other peoples homes! 

 

As a lot of you probably know Nike is a major supporter for the University of Oregon, or some of you may argue for football at least ( I mean they look pretty fly with all the different jerseys). Anyways, I wanted to post some facts about NIke shoes that are mainly produced in Vietnam, China, India and Thailand. 

1. Nike produces 78 million shoes/year in China.

2. The labor cost for one $85 shos is only $2.50.

3. Some workers earn as much as .10/ hour and toiled for up to 17hrs per  day!

– Indonesia= $2.46/day         – Vietnam= $1.60/day     – China= $1.75/day

4. Workers can be fired for refusing over-time.

5. Workers are exposed to toxic chemicals. There has been report of compensation for working with hazardous chemicals.

                                                                          ( http://factsanddetails.com/china.php?itemid=365&catid=9&subcatid=60#08 )