Web Resources

http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/Boycotts/NikeThird_facts.html

- Interesting facts on Nike shoe production in third world countries

http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/04_38/b3900011_mz001.htm

- New plans Nike is going to take when confronting the sweatshop issue.

http://www.toolness.com/nike/

- Interesting mission statement on how Nike views sweatshops and the accusations they have against them.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweatshop

- Full information on swatshops and how Nike is seen around the world and in the US.

http://www1.american.edu/TED/nike.htm

- Good site that represents all details surrounding Nike and their production. Also information on child labor and how much their workers are producing.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVuScVCF1Ws

- Video on child labor in sweatshops. Explains about Nike and the child labor they use.

http://www.viet.net/~nike/childlabor.htm

- Interesting perspective on child labor in Vietnam. Uses a type of letter explaining what is going on.

http://www.slideshare.net/chuckoluckorama/nike-is-bad

- A little powerpoint used to explain Nike and how it is perceived as bad.

http://www.educatingforjustice.org/stopnikesweatshops.htm

- A campaign page giving information on how to stop sweatshop activity.

http://www.organicconsumers.org/clothes/nikesweatshop.cfm

- Organic activists page gives their points of view on Nike sweatshops and their history.

http://homepage.mac.com/barbarap2/home/laborcrises/Nike.htm

- Action that has been taken by Nike and their sweatshops.

http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/weekly/aa022101a.htm

- Interesting request made by a person to have their shoes personalized. Gives a different outlook on what Nike will do to cover their tracks.

http://www.feministezine.com/feminist/modern/Women-in-Slavery-Sweatshops.html

- Good article responding to issues faced in class. Talks about women in slavery and Nike sweatshop activity.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCszZ5lwAgA

- Youtube video using hidden cameras inside sweatshops and the conditions workers are exposed to.

http://industry.bnet.com/technology/10005375/apple-and-high-tech-face-sweat-shop-pr-back-eye/

- Giving a new perspective on sweatshops using technology. Looking at previous Nike sweatshops and comparing them to the Apple company.

http://www.webster.edu/~woolflm/sweatshops.html

- Another class related concept of women and working in sweatshops. Talking about the use of women and their role in sweatshops (Nike).

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