An average worker at the foreign factories that make Nike’s goods earns 1.9 times the local minimum wage, the company says. None of the workers The Oregonian/OregonLive spoke with in Nike’s second-largest production hub said they earned that much.
  • ArcaneGadget@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 month ago

    They pay the average factory worker about twice the local minimum wage.

    “Average” does a LOT of heavy lifting on these claims.

    Nike has said 66% of workers at its suppliers, at least those for whom it has data, earn a living wage.

    What kind of dystopian bullshit are we living in, that 44% 34% of your workforce not earning enough to live, is supposed to be a positive statistic?!