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originally posted by: Bluntone22
originally posted by: Parishna
originally posted by: DAVID64
a reply to: Annee
So, you're all for child/slave !abor in sweatshops at pennies a day ?
Asking for a friend.
The largest producers of Nike shoes are the factories located inChina, Vietnam and Indonesia, although dozens of other countries also contain Nike factories; these countries include Malaysia, Pakistan, India and Thailand.Jun 28, 2018
How else are they going to make 6b ? Can't do that employing well paid workers.
Besides, how can people burn their nikes, if they don't buy them first.
Apple
Dow
Exxon
Union Pacific
Yeah, you can make loads of money and pay your employees well...
And people were burning the shoes they already owned.
You couldn't have thought they bought shoes just to burn.
Nike’s Market Value Surges By $6 Billion After Controversial Kaepernick Ad
originally posted by: Konduit
This article is somewhat disingenuous, considering Nike's stock slumped last month and now they are just starting to recover...
The campaign was immediately controversial and Nike’s stock initially tumbled more than 3 percent
Nike’s share prices were quick to rebound from that initial dip, however, and in recent weeks have been performing near an “an all-time high,”
Nike Inc. NKE, +0.21% fell 3.2% after it announced that its new ad campaign would feature Colin Kaepernick,
originally posted by: YouSir
a reply to: TinySickTears
Ummm...I've never owned anything by Nike...nor will this make me rush out and buy any...
I fail to see what the fad is in extremely overpriced sneakers made by slave labor...
To each their own I suppose...
YouSir
originally posted by: Annee
Sometimes the people really do get their voice heard.
originally posted by: TinySickTears
originally posted by: YouSir
a reply to: TinySickTears
Ummm...I've never owned anything by Nike...nor will this make me rush out and buy any...
I fail to see what the fad is in extremely overpriced sneakers made by slave labor...
To each their own I suppose...
YouSir
hey im with you
im not sitting here saying go buy nike and nike is awesome. not by a long shot
just making the point that the leader said the company was going to die or something to that and they did not and apparently all the outrage was in fact fake. just like it always is
originally posted by: XAnarchistX
Because Capitalism, Consumerism, and Nike basically employing slaves is "radical activism"
originally posted by: NiNjABackflip
a reply to: TinySickTears
Hey be proud. That means more sweat shops and child labour. Take that Trumpers.
originally posted by: TinySickTears
originally posted by: NiNjABackflip
a reply to: TinySickTears
Hey be proud. That means more sweat shops and child labour. Take that Trumpers.
hilarious trying to turn this into a labor practice thing
past few months all this nfl and nike # has been about the protest and you know it
now though
but muh slave labor
too funny
originally posted by: TinySickTears
originally posted by: NiNjABackflip
a reply to: TinySickTears
Hey be proud. That means more sweat shops and child labour. Take that Trumpers.
hilarious trying to turn this into a labor practice thing
past few months all this nfl and nike # has been about the protest and you know it
now though
but muh slave labor
too funny
originally posted by: TinySickTears
originally posted by: Fallingdown
This too shall pass .
everything does.
it seems some people were pissed for a couple days. boycott football. boycott nike.
blah blah
then it is back to how it usually is
fake outrage man.
its all fake outrage
“Just like the NFL, whose ratings have gone WAY DOWN, Nike is getting absolutely killed with anger and boycotts,” the president tweeted in the days after the ad’s launch.
did anyone here actually stop watching football over this?
originally posted by: NiNjABackflip
originally posted by: TinySickTears
originally posted by: NiNjABackflip
a reply to: TinySickTears
Hey be proud. That means more sweat shops and child labour. Take that Trumpers.
hilarious trying to turn this into a labor practice thing
past few months all this nfl and nike # has been about the protest and you know it
now though
but muh slave labor
too funny
I do know it. I also know that anti-Trumpers are now standing behind a company that employs children in sweat shops, because “muh Trump”.