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to let people know that Nike is rec
tifyingthe problems.”
According to the students’ re
port — available at www.
nikebiz.com/labor/index.shtml —
the Mexico factories are “up to par
with health and safety standards
both locally and as written by
Nike. In the past, Nike has been ac
cused of placing workers in envi
ronments that were toxic in air
quality and exposed them to dan
gerous chemicals. Overall, the as
sessment of safety standards was
of a positive nature.”
There were some conditions
that should be improved upon im
mediately, Capobianco said. For
example, in one factory that he
visited, workers put in a 10-hour
day with only a half-hour lunch
break, which is legal under Mexi
can law. But such rigorous work
days are not in Nike’s best interest,
Capobianco said.
At most of the factories, stu
dents reported that workers’ com
pensation was not a problem.
Some overtime grievances were
filed, though, and need to be
looked at by Nike management,
according to the report.
“Factories are a fact of the global
economy whether we like it or
not,” Capobianco said. “We have
to accept that and try to make
them better.”
The students recommended
that the factories provide workers
with a better education and better
information regarding grievance
procedures and the Nike Code of
Conduct.
The students “have taught us a
great deal,” Kidd said. “We take
their observations and recommen
dations very seriously and commit
to report back in three months
what we and the factories have ac
complished.”
Capobianco and the other stu
dents went through three days of
training to prepare for their visits.
PricewaterhouseCoopers, the Nike
factory auditing team, trained the
students for 10 hours a day.
“The students challenged Nike
and themselves and were wonder
ful,” said St. John’s University Fa
ther James Maher, who coordinat
ed the student selection and
training. “We hope this process of
independent monitoring will
move the issue forward ... beyond
inflammatory rhetoric, toward the
global realization of human digni
ty in the workplace.”
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