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Human rights
Human Rights abuse in clothing manufacturing
Contents / Questions
Q1: How does clothing manufacturing abuse human rights?
Q2: What brands are guilty of abusing human rights?
Q3: What human rights are being abused in manufacturing?
Bibliography
How does clothing manufacturing abuse human rights?
Some brands abuse human rights by:- Violating minimum wage- Forcing workers to work overtime- The factories they work in are unsafe- The factories are very small so the workers are
cramped when working eg: In India in a Nike factory there are 320 men to one tin shed and 26 men to a room.
How does clothing manufacturing abuse human rights?
- forced labour- Abused when working to slow- Exposed to serious illness and disease- Sexual assaulted
What brands are guilty of abusing human rights?
- Nike- Adidas- Reebok- Puma- New Balance- Asics
Nike
Nike is the worlds #1 shoemaker.
They also make sports apparel and sports
equipment for all most everything. It sells
its products to over 200 countries.
Nike
Most Nike factories are located in Asia.
Countries like Indonesia, China, Taiwan,
India, Thailand, Vietnam, Philippines and
Malaysia. Nike try to disclose most
information about how they produce there
products.
Nike
Fair trade organisations have released
many accusations about Nike abusing human
rights and workers rights in the sweatshops they
use. They have been accused of forced
labour, working overtime, paying very little
wages and abusing their workers. There is a lot
of evidence that Nike is abusing human rights.
Adidas
Adidas is a worldwide sports
manufacturer like Nike. It sells its products
all over the world. It sponsors many major
sports teams all over the world.
Adidas
Adidas had been criticised for abusing
human rights and workers rights.
They are guilty of making workers work
overtime sometimes 16-18 hour days.
The wages are well below what is needed
to survive. Adidas contracted workers have to
work in unsafe factories.
Puma
Puma is global sportswear manufacturer.
That’s products range from cricket to
boxing. Puma main product is shoes,
street shoes to sport shoes. Puma is one
of the few brands that have not been
proven to abuse human rights.
Puma
However there has been many
accusations that Puma has abused their
workers by forcing them to work overtime,
120-180 hours overtime a month without
extra pay which is against the law.
Reebok
Reebok (RBK) is a sportswear company closely
linked with giants Adidas. Reebok has
been found using Asian sweatshops to produce
their products. The conditions in the sweatshops
are dangerous to workers. Since Reebok has
been investigated they claim they follow each
and every human right.
New Balance
New Balance is a worldwide shoe
Manufacturer. Its factories like many other
brands are based in Asia. Fair trade
organisations have criticised New Balance
For employing young children, paying low wages
and dangerous working conditions for their
workers.
Asics
Asics is a Japanese Shoe company that
has recently been top seller all over the
world. Asics has been linked with other
brands using sweatshops to produce their
products.
What human rights are being abused in manufacturing?UDHR:
#3: Right to freedom and safety.
#4: Right to not be held as a slave.
#5: Right to not be hurt or tortured.
#8: Right for legal help when your rights are being abused.
#23: Right to work, choose your work, get a salary that can support your family and leave work when you choose.
What human rights are being abused in manufacturing?
#24: Right to work days being a reasonable length since everyone has the right to rest.
#26: Right to an education.
#30: All over the world, no society, no human should take it upon themselves to break each and every human right.
bibliography
Websites:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/adidas
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/puma_AG
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/nike_Inc
www.knowmore.org/wiki/index.php?title=Main_page
http://www0.un.org/cyberschoolbus/humanrights/
resources/plain.aspen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reebok
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asics
Bibliography
Media-awards.everyhumanhasrights.org/
content/nike-human-rights-investigation-0
Is a news article about the Nike
sweatshops by Channel Seven in
Australia.
By stuart