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On April 2, the Fair Labor Association posted on its website a report concerning the labor rights situation at BJ&B. Nike sent this report to universities early yesterday. The FLA circulated the document to universities late yesterday afternoon. Because the report contradicts the WRC's findings with regard to the current situation at BJ&B, several universities have asked the WRC to provide our thoughts on the document. It is difficult to know how to interpret the FLA report — because the FLA's description of the report's purpose is at odds with the contents of the document, because it is not clear what type of inquiry was conducted by the consultant who prepared the report, and because the report does not appear to consider any of the evidence of labor rights violations that has been brought to light by other organizations. The sources of confusion are as follows:
We have proposed a meeting with the FLA in the hope of clarifying these issues. Please let me know if you have any questions or would like to discuss this information. Scott Nova |
Tuesday, April 10, 2007
WRC Letter Concerning FLA Report on BJ&B
The FLA released a bogus report on BJ&B and sent it to unversities. Here is the WRC response:
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