Since then they have been occupying an encampment in the city plaza in Rio Bravo. So spoke the Director of Labor on August 11 to Eliud Almaguer, leader of the independent union, when granting the registration for the union at Duro Manufacturing. It is estimated that there are over 70,000 workers that produce sport shoes and apparel for Nike in Thailand. Most of the workers receive only minimum wage with no other welfare benefits. These workers must work 10-12 hours every day, sometimes until midnight.
Many workers have their labor rights suppressed and violated.
In some cases, workers were laid off from the factory and the work was subcontracted to factories where workers receive lower wages and have no legal protection. Instead of receiving legal overtime pay, workers at the Lop Buri factory, piecework. In addition, thousands of Thai migrant workers are producing Nike products under abysmal conditions in Taiwan. Workers often have to work for years just to pay off their traveling and installment costs. Many women workers also face pain when urinating.