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Article

22 Jul 2005

Author:
US Newswire / National Labor Committee

Names of NBA, NFL Stars on Jerseys Made in Honduran Sweatshop; Tom Brady, Terrell Owens, Jason Kidd, Stephon Marbury, Eli Manning, Many Others on Garments Selling for $75 in US; Reebok Supplier Pays Workers 19 Cents per Shirt

"If the NBA [National Basketball Association] and NFL [National Football League] or their licensee, Reebok, would pay even 20 cents more per shirt, the workers could climb out of misery into poverty"...Women who sew the jerseys are: Locked in a factory compound ten to thirteen hours a day; Discriminated against if they become pregnant;...Have no idea that Reebok, the NFL, or the NBA even have codes of conduct which are supposed to protect their rights.