Nike and Unfair Labor Practices - 1057 Words

Nike and Unfair Labor Practices I. Introduction Nike has been accused of the unfair labor practice of sweatshop labor. A sweatshop is a place with hazardous working environments, extreme temperatures and abusive employers, hence the term sweat shop. Sweatshop workers work long days exceeding 14 hours and earn less than the living wage (Britanica, n.d.). While these conditions may be shocking to Americans and Modern Western Nations the notion of abusive working conditions is more attractive to Asians and South Americans who are faced with the stark choice of terrible working conditions or unemployment and possible death by starvation. The accusation then is that Nike is using these labor condition inequalities to take unethical†¦show more content†¦Is it against the law for me to do what I want with my money? Should you be jealous because I am kind to others?† (Matthew 20:13-14) So it seems that the Gospels suggest that unequal pay is allowed by God. But the parable of the vineyard workers is not about worldly wages. Christ was talking about how God will parcel out his grace to all those who do his will. After all, his true and final wage / grace to us is eternal life and no one can have two or three eternal lives. We all get one eternal life. Don’t be confused by this seemingly clear passage that justifies unequal pay. Instead consider this; â€Å"Woe to him who builds his house by unrighteousness, and his upper rooms by injustice, who makes his neighbor serve him for nothing and does not give him his wages† (Jeremiah 22:13) This passage can be interpreted as an indictment of those who build their prosperity with unjust and unrighteous means such as scrimping on wages of his workers to increase his profit margins. Also â€Å"Behold, the wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you kept back by fraud, are crying out against you, and the cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of hosts.† (James 5:4). 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