Rich man, poor man, beggar man, thief - Nike promotes sport and healthy living but the lives of workers who make Nike shoes and clothes in Asia are anything but healthy

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RICH MAN, POOR MAN, BEGGAR MAN, THIEF.

Slavery is alive and well in the 21st Century. Ever wondered, as you slipped on your trainers or pulled on a pair of jogging bottoms what life would be like for the person who made them? Nike promotes sport and healthy living but the lives of workers who make Nike shoes and clothes in Asia are anything but healthy. Independent research indicates that they live in extreme poverty and suffer stress and exhaustion from over work.

Around the world there are millions of people whose lives depend on global trade. Many are small children between an age of nine and seventeen, working in factories trying to earn just a little money for their families. But working in these factories isn't living. It's sweating. It's exhaustion. It's two meals of rice and vegetables a day. It's two twenty-four hour shifts a week. It's food or medicine, not both. It's a mat to sleep on in a nine by nine cell. In short ninety pence, the daily rate at Nike factories and the mandated Indonesian minimum is more a dying wage than a living wage.

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