Nike’s supplier employment has grown strongly in Indonesia’s low‑wage provinces while shrinking in higher‑wage areas, undermining corporate living‑wage promises. ProPublica documents factories like the 18,000‑worker Selalu Cinta campus and finds employment expansion concentrated where legal minimum wages fall short of basic needs.
— This shows a common corporate compliance problem: brands pledge living wages but offset the cost by shifting production geography, which shapes inequality, regional development, and what living‑wage commitments actually mean.
Matthew Kish
2026.03.03
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ProPublica/Oregonian analysis reporting that Nike supplier employment expanded in lower‑wage Indonesian regions over the past decade, including the Selalu Cinta factory employing 18,000.
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