Date: Tue, 15 Apr 97 16:43:39 CDT
From: Francisco Lopez <d005734c@dc.seflin.org>
Subject: Nike Contractors in West Java (A Little Horror Story)
From: Lyn Gerry <linjin@tao.ca>
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Date: Mon, 14 Apr 1997 23:43:52 -0700 (PDT)
From: MichaelP <papadop@peak.org>
Subject: Nike-producing factories in West Java

Walking Ghosts Who Work in Satan's factory

Press release from Community Aid Abroad in Australia
4 April, 1997

Australian academic's new report reveals "worst conditions yet" in Nike contractor's Indonesian factory.

"It's the most disturbing report we've seen so far," Community Aid Abroad spokesperson Tim Connor said today, speaking of Australian academic Peter Hancock's new report on working conditions in Nike-producing factories in Banjaran in West Java, Indonesia. "There have been several reports on Nike-producing factories near Jakarta, and the conditions there are bad enough," he said. "Peter has spent several months interviewing workers in an extremely remote area and the situation there is nothing short of abhorrent. It seems the less likely it is that researchers will visit, the an extremely remote area and the situation there is nothing short of abhorrent. It seems the less likely it is that researchers will visit, the less concern Nike and its contractors pay to human rights."

Hancock's report reveals that that in Nike contractor Feng Tay's factory in Banjaran:

The title of the report, "Nike's Satanic Factories in West Java", comes from an Indonesian villager. Hancock writes, "I arrived in the old man's village at about 8pm to survey factory workers. I asked him where I could find women who worked for Feng Tay (Nike's contractor). He replied that they had not returned since leaving at 4am the previous morning. He told me the women from Feng Tay were called 'Walking Ghosts who work in Satan's factory' and if I wanted to speak with them I would have to become a ghost myself."

Hancock's report comes hot on the heels of a much publicised report on the weekend by US group Vietnam Labor Watch on conditions faced by Vietnamese workers making Nikes. Community Aid Abroad is campaigning for the protection of the basic human rights of workers who make Nikes. workers making Nikes. Community Aid Abroad is campaigning for the protection of the basic human rights of workers who make Nikes.

To arrange an interview with the author, contact Peter Hancock on 09 273 8572. To obtain copies of the report and information on Community Aid Abroad's campaign contact Tim Connor on 02 9264 1392.


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