<p>Nike Says Its Factory Workers Earn Nearly Double the Minimum Wage. At This Cambodian Factory, 1% Made That Much.<br>—</p><p>Nike has made an expansive effort to convince consumers, investors and others that it is improving the lives of factory workers who make its products, not exploiting them. A rare view of wages at one Cambodian factory tests this claim.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/nike-wages-clothing-factory-cambodia?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/nike-wages-clothing-factory-cambodia?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/nik</span><span class="invisible">e-wages-clothing-factory-cambodia?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/nike/" rel="tag">#Nike</a> <a href="/tags/cambodia/" rel="tag">#Cambodia</a> <a href="/tags/labor/" rel="tag">#Labor</a> <a href="/tags/work/" rel="tag">#Work</a> <a href="/tags/abuse/" rel="tag">#Abuse</a> <a href="/tags/exploitation/" rel="tag">#Exploitation</a> <a href="/tags/business/" rel="tag">#Business</a></p>
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<p>"The mother's battle for her child with sickness, with poverty, with war, with all the forces of exploitation and callousness that cheapen human life needs to become a common human battle, waged in love and in the passion for survival." ~ Adrienne Rich</p><p><a href="/tags/quote/" rel="tag">#quote</a> <a href="/tags/exploitation/" rel="tag">#exploitation</a> <a href="/tags/photography/" rel="tag">#photography</a></p>
<p>A lax regulatory environment has led to the widespread abuse of farmworkers — including threats of violence, stolen wages and forced labor.</p><p>Experts say the Fair Food Program's reforms could help.</p><p>But few farms have signed on.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/fair-food-program-farmworker-abuse-exploitation?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/fair-food-program-farmworker-abuse-exploitation?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/fai</span><span class="invisible">r-food-program-farmworker-abuse-exploitation?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/agriculture/" rel="tag">#Agriculture</a> <a href="/tags/farming/" rel="tag">#Farming</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#Immigration</a> <a href="/tags/labor/" rel="tag">#Labor</a> <a href="/tags/abuse/" rel="tag">#Abuse</a> <a href="/tags/exploitation/" rel="tag">#Exploitation</a> <a href="/tags/immigrants/" rel="tag">#Immigrants</a></p>
<p>Experts say there aren’t enough state and federal inspectors to adequately vet whether labor contractors who oversee farmworkers are following the rules.</p><p>Nor is there broad political support to invest more resources to protect foreign workers.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/h-2a-visa-farmworker-exploitation-regulators?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/h-2a-visa-farmworker-exploitation-regulators?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/h-2</span><span class="invisible">a-visa-farmworker-exploitation-regulators?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#Immigration</a> <a href="/tags/agriculture/" rel="tag">#Agriculture</a> <a href="/tags/labor/" rel="tag">#Labor</a> <a href="/tags/abuse/" rel="tag">#Abuse</a> <a href="/tags/exploitation/" rel="tag">#Exploitation</a> <a href="/tags/regulation/" rel="tag">#Regulation</a></p>