Reply #16: No simple answer

[Zuni]

Obviously the Nike people could pay more to Vietnamese workers.(although cost of living in Vietnam is lower)
But the Vietnamese workers are better off than their counterparts in state controlled jobs and making well more than the national average.
I am sure if anti-globalization activists closed the plant, the Vietnamese workers would not be better off, and their standards would go down. Their labor conditions are probably no better in other jobs.

On the other hand the Nike people are not paying fair value for the labor. But they are leaving trained workers, Industrial material and paying higher than the national average. And paying taxes to Vietnam.

I honestly do not know what to make of this. I am torn between the fact that Nike workers are better off and the fact that they are being exploited at the same time.