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[–] [email protected] 31 points 2 days ago

“Factory workers ’on average’ earn 1.9x minimum wage.”

Average is a silly thing to use here. That means the factory owners are making bank while the labourers are making minimum wages for their country — and in some countries, minimum wages is $0.

If they used the median instead, or compared against cost of living, we’d see different numbers.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Reporting Highlights

What Nike Says:

  • The world’s largest sports apparel maker says its suppliers pay workers 1.9 times the minimum wage on average, based on partial data for the workforce.
  • What We Found: A payroll sheet for one Cambodian factory reveals few people making that much, even after years on the job.
  • What It Means: Workers told ProPublica their wages weren’t enough to make ends meet and that they needed to work overtime just to keep up.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

Man, Phil Knight is such an ass