Compensating honduran factory workers

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The ResponsibilityWas Nike Responsible for Compensating Honduran Factory Workers?

Honduras is an impoverished country in which 70% of its residents live in poverty. Jobs are scarce, particularly those that pay decent wages along with benefits, such as health care. It is not surprising then that workers at two Honduran factories making products for U.S. companies, including Nike, were extremely upset when their factories closed down and they lost their jobs. Even worse, the owners of the factories refused to pay the 1,800 workers $2 million in severance pay and other benefits due to them by law. Although the factory owners had been paid in full by Nike for the apparel they produced, the workers argued that Nike should be responsible for paying the $2 million in severance that the factory owners had not received.

Nike's original response was to sympathize with the workers but refuse to pay the workers the severance pay they had not received from the factory owners. This stance did not settle well with student groups around the country who rallied in support of the unpaid workers. In the end Nike gave into pressure from the students and paid $1.5 million to a relief fund for the employees. In addition, the company said it would provide vocational training and health coverage for the unemployed workers.

Criteria:

- Do you think Nike was responsible for compensating the workers in Honduras? Why did it change its stance?

- Did the students, universities, and workers themselves have all of the information they needed before becoming involved in the protest? Are their facts accurate?

- Should students be activists? Do companies such as Nike ignore them at their own peril?

- What is the solution? The best, the worst and the commonly accepted one?

 

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