If you raise the Indonesian workers wages to the wage levels of workers in the United States, then won t Nike just bring the jobs back here?
We are not asking Nike to raise Indonesian workers wages to the level of workers in the U.S. For Nike s Indonesian factory workers to be on a competitive wage level with U.S. apparel workers, they would need to receive a 4000% raise in pay. Our goal in advocating for the workers is for the workers to be treated with the dignity and respect that all human beings deserve. Such dignity and respect demands that they be paid a just wage that allows them to meet their basic needs within the local economy. International treaties and compacts, including the United Nations’ Universal Declaration of Human Rights, guarantee the right to a just or “living wage”.
