http://www.teamsweat.org Sat, 26 Mar 2011 03:00:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Yesterday student activists won arguably the most impressive victory in the more than fifteen fight to end Nike's sweatshop abuses. The "Just Pay It" campaign, run by the United Students Against Sweatshops, under the leadership of USAS staffer, Rod Palmquist, forced Nike to the bargaining ... http://www.teamsweat.org/?p=1564 Team Sweat: Today we won a groundbreaking victory in the fight against Nike's sweatshop abuses! Nike announced this morning that they have come to an agreement with the Central General de Trabajadores de Honduras (CGT) and will pay $1,500,000.00 to a fund for monies owed to workers for back pay ... http://www.teamsweat.org/?p=1529 By Ana Arias Posted On: July 18 @ www.justmeans.com Sometimes the CSR decisions of big corporations are as perplexing as a jigsaw puzzle with missing parts. Why the company would hire a 135-people CSR department, amass a 74-people compliance team and spend approximately $25 million annually on CSR ... http://www.teamsweat.org/?p=1558 Re-posted from www.beyondchron.org by Randy Shaw July 21, 2010 In a move that could radically alter the rules of the global economy, a factory in the Dominican Republic backed by the United Students Against Sweatshops is producing t-shirts and sweatshirts at the same prices as Nike and Adidas, while also ... http://www.teamsweat.org/?p=1544 Re-posted from The Daily at the University of Washington Activists Continue to Pressure Emmert with Open Letter By Tiffany Vu July 21, 2010 Several campus labor-advocacy groups have published an open letter to President Mark Emmert, asking him to pledge not to renew the UW’s licensing contract with Nike. The Presidential Advisory Committee ... http://www.teamsweat.org/?p=1539 Team Sweat: Are you interested in bringing my “Behind the Swoosh: Sweatshops and Social Justice” program to your school or community this year? I have shared “Behind the Swoosh: Sweatshops and Social Justice,” on more than 450 campuses in 41 states and in three different countries and it is ... http://www.teamsweat.org/?p=1536 Re-posted from www.axisofjustice.net by Jake Sexton July 20 2010 We got a very positive bit of news this week, about a new clothing factory opening in the Dominican Republic town of Villa Altagracia. The clothing industry is notorious for its exploitation of some of the world’s poorest people, paying workers ... http://www.teamsweat.org/?p=1531 Tuesday morning at 9:30am (U.S. EST), Jim Keady, founder of Team Sweat, will be attending the annual meeting of TIAA-CREF. TIAA-CREF currently owns about a quarter of a billion dollars in Nike stock, making them one of Nike's largest institutional investors in the world. Given ... http://www.teamsweat.org/?p=1526 Posted on StateCollege.com July 15, 2010 7:25 AM by Adam Smeltz Penn State has urged apparel company Nike (NKE) "to play a positive role in assisting" workers who were laid off from two factories in Honduras, university spokesman Geoff Rushton said Wednesday. The two factories, known Hugger De Honduras and Vision Tex, ... http://www.teamsweat.org/?p=1522 By adelie Chevee The Jakarta Post Sun, 07/04/2010 Jim Keady has spent times living  with workers of PT ADIS Dimension, a footwear factory, and found out that they have lived in an appalling condition. Keady said that the company, one of 37 Nike’s subcontractors in Balaraja, Tangerang, conducts incineration of ... http://www.teamsweat.org/?p=1517 The pension fund, TIAA-CREF, currently owns approximately $230,000,000.00 in Nike stock and to date, they have done nothing significant in terms of pressuring Nike to pay living wages, negotiate union contracts, and clean up their environmental damage in the countries where Nike products are made.  TC ... http://www.teamsweat.org/?p=1512 Inside Higher Ed (www.insidehighered.com) Another One Bites the Dust July 2, 2010 And then there were two. Absent “significant progress” toward the resolution of an ongoing labor dispute in Honduras, Cornell University will follow the University of Wisconsin at Madison's lead and end its licensing agreement with Nike. The decision, issued ... http://www.teamsweat.org/?p=1508 Labor activist Jim Keady says Indonesians who make team jerseys for the company are living in poverty. Nike says it has sought to improve worker welfare. Jim Keady with a U.S. soccer shirt. "Despite their low wages, they still have immense pride in their work," he says of the ... http://www.teamsweat.org/?p=1477 Team Sweat: One of the goals of my trip (as you will read about in future posts) was to find the workers that made the World Cup replica jerseys that I bought at Niketown in NYC before I left for Indonesia. My team had been searching for a couple of weeks ... http://www.teamsweat.org/?p=1474 Team Sweat: This morning I attended a demonstration at the famous Bunderan HI statue in central Jakarta. My colleagues here in the NGO community have been working for months on engaging a number of the major brands to improve conditions for workers. It seems that their negotiations have fallen apart and this ... http://www.teamsweat.org/?p=1471 Team Sweat: I spent the afternoon doing a round of pricing research to update my understanding of the purchasing power (or lack thereof) for Nike's Indonesian workers. The current basic monthly salary for a Nike worker here is Rp1.100.000 ($114USD). Here are some average major monthly expenses that all workers have. Rent Rp300.000 Drinking ... http://www.teamsweat.org/?p=1469 Team Sweat: My team and I left my hotel this morning at 6:30am and drove 90 minutes to a Nike shoe factory in one of the industrial areas outside Jakarta. There we sat and waited (again). We were back on the beat looking to document the dumping and burning of Nike ... http://www.teamsweat.org/?p=1467 Team Sweat: I spent the early evening of June 8th traveling the broken, dusty roads of an industrial suburb outside of Jakarta en route to a meeting with Nike factory workers. At around 6:30pm, we arrived at the home of a worker and I was invited in. I had met with ... http://www.teamsweat.org/?p=1464 Team Sweat: I started today by meeting with Alif and Benny, my friends and colleagues that have been working to organize things prior to my arrival in Indonesia. They reported that contacts have been made with workers at a number of Nike factories and that meetings with workers are in the ... http://www.teamsweat.org/?p=1461 Team Sweat: After more than a day of travel, I reached Jakarta safely and am ready to begin 10 days of research on the current state of conditions for Nike factory workers here. I am hopeful that this trip will be productive and rewarding. I also am hopeful that you will enjoy ... http://www.teamsweat.org/?p=1458