{"id":24325,"date":"2011-07-14T08:53:36","date_gmt":"2011-07-14T15:53:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/?p=24325"},"modified":"2011-07-14T08:54:43","modified_gmt":"2011-07-14T15:54:43","slug":"converse-shoes-made-by-pigs-and-dogs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/?p=24325","title":{"rendered":"Converse Shoes Made By &#8220;Pigs&#8221; And &#8220;Dogs&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/mn-indo14_PH2_0503774259_part6.jpg\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/mn-indo14_PH2_0503774259_part6.jpg','popup','width=370,height=246,scrollbars=no,resizable=yes,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=yes,left=0,top=0');return false\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/mn-indo14_PH2_0503774259_part6-tm.jpg\" height=\"132\" width=\"200\" border=\"1\" align=\"right\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" alt=\"Mn-Indo14 Ph2 0503774259 Part6\" \/><\/a><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.converse.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Converse<\/a><\/strong> is getting global press heat for the way its Indonesian contractor <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pouchen.com\/english\/1.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Pou Chen Group<\/a><\/strong> treats its workers, according to a story in the <strong><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sfgate.com\/cgi-bin\/article.cgi?f=\/c\/a\/2011\/07\/13\/MNAB1K9SOT.DTL\" target=\"_blank\">San Francisco Chronicle<\/a><\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Workers making Converse sneakers in Indonesia say supervisors throw shoes at them, slap them in the face and call them dogs and pigs. . . One worker there said she was kicked by a supervisor last year after making a mistake while cutting rubber for soles. . . &#8220;We&#8217;re powerless,&#8221; said the woman, who like several others spoke on condition of anonymity out of fear of reprisals. &#8220;Our only choice is to stay and suffer, or speak out and be fired.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>While <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nike.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Nike<\/a><\/strong> has reportedly worked to tidy up their sweat-shop footwear production (where workers earn 50 cents a day), it appears that corporate profits remain their number one priority, even if it means dumping &#8220;<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/2011\/07\/13\/us-chinapollution-greenpeace-idUSTRE76C5I420110713\" target=\"_blank\">heavy metals and hazardous, hormone-disrupting substances<\/a><\/strong>&#8221; into the rivers of China.<\/p>\n<p><strong>[Link: <\/strong><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sfgate.com\/cgi-bin\/article.cgi?f=\/c\/a\/2011\/07\/13\/MNAB1K9SOT.DTL\" target=\"_blank\">San Francisco Chronicle<\/a><\/strong><strong> and <\/strong><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/2011\/07\/13\/us-chinapollution-greenpeace-idUSTRE76C5I420110713\" target=\"_blank\">Reuters<\/a><\/strong><strong>]<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Converse is getting global press heat for the way its Indonesian contractor Pou Chen Group treats its workers, according to a story in the San Francisco Chronicle. Workers making Converse sneakers in Indonesia say supervisors throw shoes at them, slap them in the face and call them dogs and pigs. . . One worker there [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,12],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24325"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=24325"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24325\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24327,"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24325\/revisions\/24327"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24325"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24325"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24325"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}