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Workers strike at Nike supplier's factory

03/04/2008

The factory in Long An province, owned by Vietnam Ching Luh Shoes, pays workers a basic wage of $58 a month, but workers have asked for a 22% increase.

The factory is one of the 50 that Nike uses in Vietnam and accounts for 12% of its output in Vietnam, where Nike makes about 30% of its global supply of shoes. Strikes have been taking place regularly across the Vietnamese footwear industry since the start of 2008.

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