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Nike has teamed up with the Honduran trade union movement to support workers sacked by the sportswear firm’s suppliers after controversial factory closures.
The CGT national trade union federation will jointly administer a $1.5million (£1m, €1.4m) relief fund established by Nike, while Nike itself will work with its Honduran suppliers to offer training to workers left jobless after two factories closed.
Nike had been accused of denying the sacked workers proper compensation in the first place, and US students and universities boycotted the company. The factories, Vision Tex and Hugger, which closed in January last year, are alleged to have withheld redundancy money to 1800 workers worth altogether more than $2.5m.
Nike has agreed additionally to prioritise the hiring of these workers during the next two years and finance their healthcare coverage for a year.
The United States Student Association (USAS) called the decision ‘a total victory’ for student activists and garment workers.
The CGT national trade union federation will jointly administer a $1.5million (£1m, €1.4m) relief fund established by Nike, while Nike itself will work with its Honduran suppliers to offer training to workers left jobless after two factories closed.
Nike had been accused of denying the sacked workers proper compensation in the first place, and US students and universities boycotted the company. The factories, Vision Tex and Hugger, which closed in January last year, are alleged to have withheld redundancy money to 1800 workers worth altogether more than $2.5m.
Nike has agreed additionally to prioritise the hiring of these workers during the next two years and finance their healthcare coverage for a year.
The United States Student Association (USAS) called the decision ‘a total victory’ for student activists and garment workers.
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