International Nike Campaign 1994-1997

INDEX 1994-1997
October 1997 July 1997
June 1997 May 1997
April 1997 February 1997
1996 1995
1994

1997

OCTOBER 1997

Development and Peace Canada
News Releases on October 18 International Day of Solidarity with Nike Workers

Nike In Canada
Sarah Cox Article
Published in The Georgia Straight, Vancouver's News & Entertainment Weekly, Volume 31, Number 1556, October 16-23, Vancouver, B.C., Canada

California State Assemblywoman Dion Aroner launches Nike Awareness Campaign

Earlham Student Commentary on Nike

U Wire Story on Nike Woes
Mistakenly states Edmonton Public School Board is boycotting Nike

Nike at University of Illinois
Daily Illinoian Student Newspaper report


JULY 1997

Australian Reporter Debunks Youngs Nike Report

Boycott Nike
Article from Boycott Quarterly, Summer '97

NIKE announces Record Fourth Quarter and Annual Earnings for 1997
July 1, 1997 Press Release


JUNE 1997

'Niketown' masks murder and slave wages
By Joel Tena, California Aggie Columnist

Scrimenti supports Nike boycott
Pennslvania State Rep. Calls for State Wide Boycott of Nike

Call for International Solidarity:
Oppose the Manpower Bill in Indonesia!

Nobelist Horta: 'Nike Should Be Viewed As An Enemy'
The American Reporter, Vol. 3, No. 580 June 27, 1997

Mr. Young Get It Wrong
Bob Herbert column from the New York Times, June 27, 1997

Andrew Youngs Report On Nike
When is a Sweat Shop Not A Sweat Shop?

NIKE responds to Andrew Youngs Report

E-Mail NIKE
Tell them what you think of their labour practises


MAY 1997

Michael Moore takes on Nike
releases new anti-Nike film at Cannes film Festival May15, 1997

Demonstrators Disrupt Seattle Mariners Game May 5,1997
Anti-Nike Demonstrators challenge Seattle fans during Niketown promo at Kingdome


Nike refuses to apologize for using Allahs name on shoe

American Muslims call for Nike Boycott

Young Muslims call for Nike boycott usenet/chat page

Cairo News Headlines from Egypt, April 8, 1997
Sneaker Scandal


APRIL 1997

NIKE WORKERS STRIKE BACK!

"every Nike subcontractor PAYS AT LEAST MINIMUM WAGE. PERIOD"


Phil Knight Defends Asian Wages
April 30,1997 Demonstrators disrupt Stanford University speech by Nike CEO

ICFTU denounces Nike operations in Indonesia and Vietnam
April 30, 1997 International Confederation of Free Trade Unions raises concerns about Nike

The Nike Story in Viet Nam
Background story April 1997

Nike Offers Pay Rise At Vietnam Factory
Vietnam News & Analysis. Tuesday, April 29, 1997

Vietnam-Nike : Employees stage work stoppage at Vietnam Nike supplier
Vietnam News & Analysis.Monday, April 28, 1997

Nike Says Indonesian Dispute Over
Washington Post, Sunday April 27, 1997

Nike Factory Closed in Indonesia After Workers Protest
Philadelphia InquirerApril 27, 1997

Vietnam: Staff At Nike Inc. Contractor Strike Over Wages
Vietnam News & Analysis. Saturday - April 26, 1997

4,000 workers ransack Indonesian Nike factory
CNN World News on the Web, April 26, 1997

Indonesian Workers Protest Nike
Associated Press, Saturday, April 26, 1997

Workers win pay rise at Nike plant in Indonesia
Wednesday April 23, 1997
Why would they need it if "every Nike subcontractor PAYS AT LEAST MINIMUM WAGE. PERIOD"

NIKE Critic Again Ignores the Truth in Latest Attack, April 23,1997
Nike attacks its critics, as workers go on strike. So who is really lying?!

Conference Call, 04/16/97 - Nike Inc.
Motely Fool interview with Nike on current business outlook

Nike Stuffed
Motley Fool report on Nike's declining stock price, April 7, 1997

NIKE Reports Record Third Quarter Earnings up 77 Percent

Nando News Story on Athletics Apparel:
Knight, board members defend factory conditions


FEBRUARY 1997

Another university protests corporation tied to schools
Florida State University's Coalition for a Corporate-Free Campus is protesting Nike ties to FSU, Digital Collegian, Wednesday, Feb. 19, 1997

Nike Announcement February 1997
Andrew Young Appointed Nike Human Rights Flack

Nike is a Four Letter Word
Read the article that the San Fransisco Examiner Spiked

Nike's Exploited Workers by Medea Benjamin
exerpted from the book CORPORATIONS ARE GOING TO GET YOUR MAMA edited by Kevin Danaher


1996

Nike Makes the American Newspeak Top 20 stories of 1996

Nike Boycott Spreads Article from Interpress

Kids Speak out against Nike and Child Labour

Religious groups, labor secretary join in call to end worker abuse

SF Bay Guardian Cover Story on Nike Protests Summer 1996

SF Bay Guardian Feature Article on Nike Image is Everything Summer 1996

Anarchives Text File on Nike Campaign

Greenbelt News Sports Shoes: Sweat and Sweatshops One womans webpage outrage :)

SF Bay Area Green Party Newsletter Oct 96 Article on Nike

Rock Against Racism Endorses Nike Boycott

Blood on our Hands Nike and East Timor

Jesse Jackson in Indonesia Summer 1996

Nike Refuses to Allow Jesse Jackson into Indonesian factory


1995

MultiNational Monitor June 95 Jeff Ballinger Article on Nike

Christian Aid Report November 1995
Athletic Shoe Companies Exploit Workers Around the World

4th US Circuit Appeal Court
Court Decision Against UAW being able to hand out "political material" at local community festival. Use "find" Nike

Just Drop It!Anti Nike Editorial 1995


1994

Just Do It Flashback Editorial On Nike from 1994



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