tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7895164153505105997.post4750327500955162639..comments2024-01-17T00:45:37.075-08:00Comments on Bud Meyers: Republican PayPals for Corporate CEOsBud Meyershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02065020063363023395noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7895164153505105997.post-63361444507814236522014-12-01T13:09:14.199-08:002014-12-01T13:09:14.199-08:00And Nike is also a tax dodger, but the GOP protect...And Nike is also a tax dodger, but the GOP protects businesses like this.<br />http://bud-meyers.blogspot.com/2013/03/nike-nookie-cash-and-tax-shenanigans.html<br /><br />Bud Meyershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02065020063363023395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7895164153505105997.post-35881482070719670632014-12-01T13:07:29.028-08:002014-12-01T13:07:29.028-08:00Today, the Department of Labor issued a report dec...Today, the Department of Labor issued a report declaring Vietnam as one of just four countries in the world that uses both child labor and forced labor in the apparel sector.<br /><br />Through the use of such unethical labor practices, in addition to union repression and abysmal wages, Vietnam has been able to keep its production costs low. Under the TPP, U.S. businesses and workers would be forced to directly compete with Vietnamese firms on this uneven playing field.<br /><br />http://citizen.typepad.com/eyesontrade/2014/12/us-workers-should-not-be-pitted-against-child-labor-in-vietnam.html<br /><br />On May 12, 1998 Nike's CEO Phil Knight gave a speech at the National Press Club where he spoke of Nike’s reasons for moving factories out of the United States and into mainly third world countries in Asia. <br /><br />"During the 1990s, all our experiences have caused us to really believe in the benefits of international trade. The uplifting of impoverished people, the better values for consumers in industrialized nations, and most of all, the increased understandings between peoples of different cultures."<br />http://web.stanford.edu/class/e297c/trade_environment/wheeling/hnike.html<br /><br />Nike has 777 factories in 43 Countries employing 1,009,496 workers. Just in Vietnam alone Nike has 71 factories with 311,548 workers.<br />http://manufacturingmap.nikeinc.com/<br />Bud Meyershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02065020063363023395noreply@blogger.com