PROTEST NIKE ATTEMPT TO SHUT DOWN ONE OF ITS FEW GOOD FACTORIES!

When? Saturday, July 29th noon

Where? The Niketown store on Michigan & Erie

Why? Because Nike is trying to close one of
its few unionized workplaces.

This SATURDAY: Protest a Niketown Near You!
Three years ago, workers at the BJ&B factory, which produces hats for Nike, won a collective bargaining agreement that included a ten percent pay increase over and above the legal minimum. Nike, as well as other licensees, responded not only by refusing to pay the extra money necessary to cover the pay increase, but by shifting their orders to factories in which workers were not able to exercise their right to form a union. This has meant that the BJ&B factory, which three years ago employed over 1600 workers, currently only employs 250. Just last month, two hundred more workers were laid off due to a lack of orders, and it appears that, if Nike is not forced to stop its practice of cutting and running, BJ&B will be forced to close its doors.

Students, workers, and community members around the country have decided to take a stand and to tell Nike that a true commitment to workers' rights does not include closing down their few unionized factories. On Saturday July 29, at 12 noon, protests will be held at Niketowns in Los Angeles, Chicago, New York, Portland, Seattle, Boston, and San Francisco. If you are near any of these areas, and would like to get involved, please visit

www.studentsagainstsweatshops.org to find contact info.