You know those exploited Nike workers in Indonesia we hear so much about?

October 8, 2001 2:43 PM

You know those exploited Nike workers in Indonesia we hear so much about? Good news and bad news: the good news is, a bunch of 'em aren't being exploited anymore. The bad news is, it's because they were laid off.

Local manufacturers blame the soft economy on the WTC attacks, so yes, even this ends up being a WTC post. You cannot escape.
posted by gimonca (3 comments total)

Bet they'd love to have their jobs back...a job paying $0.50 per hour is better than no job at all, in that environment, I'd wager.
posted by davidmsc at 4:08 PM on October 8, 2001

they should just start selling each other... to each other.

using bottlecaps.
posted by jcterminal at 4:44 PM on October 8, 2001

Why is no one posting to this thread? I don't have much to say on the subject, but I expected this would be interesting reading.
posted by thirteen at 7:21 PM on October 9, 2001