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The Journal
Daily thoughts… living on a sweatshop wage.
Jim Keady
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8-30-00
Please allow me to apologize to all of you, our friends, supporters and family members for our less than timely posting of journal entries of late. We have spent the past few days in Jakarta compiling, processing and packaging the work we have done over the last month. We have also needed to conduct some last minute interviews with labor leaders and factory workers so that we are completely prepared for the next leg of our project in Sydney.
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Leslie Kretzu
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9-8-00
"Menstrual Leave"
I've procrastinated in writing this particular entry, because I wasn't sure how to broach this subject, as it is a very sensitive issue. Tim Connor from NikeWatch spent March and April of 2000 conducting research in Indonesia. In his report, "Like Cutting Bamboo", he cites evidence of intimidating and humiliating physical examinations that women working in Nike factories are routinely put through in order to claim the menstrual leave to which they are legally entitled.
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Mike Pierantozzi
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8-31-00
TRUE SOLDIERS
After nearly a month, we've left Tangerang and completed the first leg of our project. It was difficult and surreal and educating and amazing and eye opening. I imagine more so for Jim and Leslie who did the whole thing while starving. I commend them for their courage and their perseverance. I can tell you all as someone who was here the entire time, they stuck to the budget and stuck to the plan.
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