Adidas Sweatshop

Adidas and Sweatshops

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May 1st 2014
One well-known company that uses sweatshops to make their products is Adidas. Adidas mainly has their sweatshops in Indonesia, paying workers wages as low as five thousand rupiah (forty three cents) per hour. In addition to low pay, workers are also subject to sixty five hours of work per week, which is twenty five more than the global average. During the 2012 Olympics, where Adidas sponsored the ... read more

Asia » Indonesia

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The Dutch began to colonize Indonesia in the early 17th century; the islands were occupied by Japan from 1942 to 1945. Indonesia declared its independence after Japan's surrender, but it required four years of intermittent negotiations, recurring hos... ... read more