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HAS NIKE DONE ENOUGH TO WARD OFF LABOR COMPLAINTS?

          The OREGONIAN yesterday concluded its three-part
     series, "Nike: Tracks Across The Globe," by Jeff Manning. 
     In part three, Manning looked at Nike's role among many
     multinationals "forging controversial ties with the Third
     World."  Manning: "Today, the top two Nike-producing nations
     are China and Indonesia -- countries that use the machinery
     of the state to ensure that multinational companies get a
     stable, low-cost work force. ... Powerful companies come
     into contact with these governments as a result of
     globalization, the fast-moving economic engine that brings
     developed-world corporations into some of the world's most
     impoverished countries.  For the United States, the changing
     global economy raises emotional questions about America's
     role in the Third World."  Nike Chair Phil Knight said that
     "globalization raises a host of legitimate operational and
     political questions."  Knight: "Some of the things these
     radical groups are asking for, yeah, they're not economical
     and not feasible.  But I think the issue is probably well-
     served, and American companies have an obligation to be good
     citizens" (Jeff Manning, Portland OREGONIAN, 11/11).  
          BABY STEPS? In part two, Manning wrote, "In the
     escalating battle between Nike and its critics, the
     activists appear to have seized the momentum. ... The furor
     builds despite unprecedented actions taken by Nike to defuse
     the publicity bomb.  The company has cut off some small
     subcontractors for failure to comply with its internal labor
     standards.  It has launched significant programs to improve
     conditions in its subcontractors' factories.  It even gave
     $25,000 to finance a women's business loan program in
     Vietnam.  Longtime critics in the human rights and labor
     community have noticed the difference" (OREGONIAN, 11/10).

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