Nike executives, on the other hand, twice refused McCurry's requests for visits to their Saga-managed center. The president of Saga also refused him admittance. As a counter to industry claims that only they know how to monitor their facilities, during his visit to Pakistan, McCurry initiated an external monitoring system with one small company committed to ending child labor. While in India, McCurry also helped launch an NGO coalition against child-made sporting goods. Important and horrific as child labor certainly is, seasoned labor rights advocates know that eliminating child labor doesn't necessarily end labor abuses.
China is the world's single largest producer of sports equipment.
FoulBall and its allies are already focusing on China's labor policies in forums such as the World Trade Organization, to which China seeks admission. Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. FoulBall has found that children are making many of the sporting goods used in Olympic-sanctioned games around the world. Action Suggestions FoulBall recommends letters to the following firms which dominate the soccer ball industry. Your letters should express your concern about foot-dragging in the implementation of the February 1997 Partnership Agreement to address child labor in the industry.