Nike has made an expansive effort to convince consumers, investors and others that it is improving the lives of factory workers who make its products, not exploiting them. A rare view of wages at one Cambodian factory tests this claim.
Average is a silly thing to use here. That means the factory owners are making bank while the labourers are making minimum wages for their country — and in some countries, minimum wages is $0.
If they used the median instead, or compared against cost of living, we’d see different numbers.
“Factory workers ’on average’ earn 1.9x minimum wage.”
Average is a silly thing to use here. That means the factory owners are making bank while the labourers are making minimum wages for their country — and in some countries, minimum wages is $0.
If they used the median instead, or compared against cost of living, we’d see different numbers.