March 30, 2001

Independent Monitoring Agency Backs Unfair-Labor Practices Findings at Nike Factory in Mexico

Nike has realized that some criticism can't be ignored.

The corporation had cast doubt on a January report from the Worker Rights Consortium, an anti-sweatshop group, which found "substantial evidence of severe ongoing violations" of labor standards at a South Korean-owned factory in central Mexico that has produced licensed apparel for at least 11 American universities.

A spokesman for Nike, which has had clothing produced at the factory, questioned the "objectivity and the