| Open letter to Nike - sources and list of contacts for further information Nike in Indonesia: - The information regarding the use of the Indonesian military in the PTNikomas Gemilang factory is based on research recently conducted by JeffBallinger of Press for Change in the US. He can be contacted on (1) 617 4966423, (1) 617 494 1637, (1) 617 549 0013 or (1) 617 496 1363 (fax). Nikehas now taken their "Correcting the Record" page off their website, buttheir response to Jeff’s press release was copied on Friday September 10and is now on the internet at (LINK TO NIKOMAS. Bama Athreya of theInternational Labor Rights Fund (a member of the Apparel IndutryPartnership) is currently in Indonesia and has independently confirmed theuse of military to provide security in Nike plants in Indonesia. She comments We believe it is inappropriate for US companies to engage local militarypersonnel to provide their security arrangements…It is true that theIndonesian military have long been involved in providing security forcompanies; this has been part of a longstanding policy of intimidation andharassment of workers by the Suharto regime. US companies should not playalong with this strategy. Bama can be contacted at the Hotel Ibis Thamrin at tel. (62)(21)391 2323room 601. - The reference to wages and hours in clothing factories in Indonesia isbased on research conducted by Tim Connor of the Nikewatch Campaign inAustralia in December 1998 - phone (61) 2 9698 2394. - Regarding the case of Haryanto - the worker fired for conducting unionactivities in the PT Lintas factory - further information can be obtainedfrom either Trim Bissell of Campaign for Labor Rights in the US - (541)344-5410 or Arist Merdeka Sirait of SISBIKUM in Indonesia - Phone/fax - 6221 489 7957 Nike in Vietnam: - Information regarding the cases of workers fired from the Sam Yangfactory for speaking to journalists is based on research conducted byThuyen Nguyen of Vietnam Labor Watch - phone 212 996 0013. Unfortunately atthe time of preparing this background information Thuyen is overseas andnot easily contactable. A copy of an interview Thuyen conducted with Ms LapNguyen is available on the internet at (LINK TO LAPINT.HTM) - Background information about Joseph Ha's letter to Vietnamese officialscan be found on the internet at Information regarding Nike's failure to fulfil promises to the Apparel Industry Partnership (AIP) toundo the damage done by Joseph Ha's letter is based on information from theInternational Labor Rights Fund (ILRF) - one of the human rights involvedin the AIP. Bama Athreya of the ILRF comments: "In February, we asked Niketo repudiate Joseph Ha's statements publicly,and to take disciplinary action against him. It hardly seems appropriatethat a company which claims a commitment to human rights and democratic values shouldtake on, as a public representative, an individual who resists those values.However, to date Joseph Ha continues to represent Nike, and we have seen nostatement in Vietnam repudiating his views." - The citation for the Interfaith Centre for Corporate Responsibilityreport is:ICCR 1998, Footwear Manufacturing Fact-Finding Report - Nike and ReebokPlants in Indonesia, Vietnam, China, Interfaith Center for CorporateResponsibility, New York. The phone number of the ICCR is (1) 212 870 2295 - The Hong Kong Christian Industrial Committee’s research trip to Vietnamin May this year has not yet been written up in English. For furtherinformation contact HKCIC spokesperson Alice Kwan on (852) 2366 5860. Nike in China: - A copy of the report on the Hong Kong Christian Industrial Committee’srecent initial visit to Qingdau be found on the internet at (LINK TOQUINGDAU.TXT). For further information contact HKCIC spokesperson AliceKwan on (852) 2366 5860. For questions regarding health and safety inNike's factories in China contact June Lee, coordinator of the AsianNetwork for the Rights of Occupational Health and Safety on (852) 2366 5860. Nike in El Salvador: - Julia Pleites testimony regarding conditions at the Formosa factory canbe found on the internet at http://www.nlcnet.org/nike/julia.htm . Nike in Australia: For information regarding the homeworkers' code in Australia contact Annie Delaney of the Textile, Clothing and Footwear Union in Australia on (61) 3 9347 3377 or <
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> Health and safety in Nike factories: People with expertise in this include Dr. Howard Frumkin, AssociateProfessor and ChairDepartment of Environmental and Occupational Health, Rollins School ofPublic Health of Emory University (Tel: (1) 404 727 3697, Fax: (1) 404 7278744, email:
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) Jim Keady’s request to work in a Nike factory:A copy of a letter from Jim Keady to Nike's Dusty Kidd regarding hisrequest to work in a Nike factory in Latin America can be found on theinternet at (LINK TO LETTER TO DUSTY KIDD.TXT) Nike never responded to thisletter. Other Nike factories: "As mentioned in the letter, those cases cited represent a very smallproportion of problems in Nike factories. A number of research projectswill be completed within the next couple of months and advance reports fromthe researchers involved indicate they are finding the same kinds of labourabuses in the Nike factories which they are investigating. An extract fromone such research project is available detailing brutal suppression of the right of workers to organise in the Par Garmentfactory in Thailand - a Nike clothing supplier. For more information on thesituation at the Par Garment factory you can contact Junya Yimprasert on 662 692 7963" Nike's Annual Shareholders Meeting:For information about plans to read the open letter at Nike's AnnualShareholders' Meeting contact Esther de Haan at the Clean Clothes Campaignin the Netherlands - on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday mobile phone number:31 651280210 After Wednesday on (31) 20 4122785 (Esther may be difficult toreach on Monday and Tuesday in which case other CCC staff can be contactedon 31 204122785). The joint open letter to Nike is an initiative of the Nikewatch Campaign inAustralia - http://www.caa.org.au/campaigns/nike/ - the contact person isTim Connor, phone (61) 2 9698 2394 | 
