Nike and the choices we don't have

[Tom Condit]

Like Maggie, I have feet which don't fit in the standard shoe company lasts.
After Red Wing stopped making my size, I had a terrible time. For "tennies",
until recently, I wore Sauconys, which *were* made in the USA, but are now
made (surprise) in China. I've switched to Romikas, which are (a) expensive
and (b) don't quite fit, but are better than any of the major brands and are
made in Hungary, where workers have *some* rights. My general policy is to
avoid buying things made in countries where workers don't have at least some
formal right to have independent unions, no matter how hard it may be to
exercise. That may strike Carroll as moralistic, but we all have to live
with ourselves as well as participate in politics, and it's always easy to
find an excuse for taking advantage of someone else. If it's illegal to have
a union, then I assume that the union which would exist has called a boycott.

Tom

At 10:07 PM 7/3/1998 EDT, MScoleman at aol.com wrote:
>New Balance is made in the usa, so are Munro shoes (Arkansas) which currently
>only have women's but are going to begin making men's shoes this fall.  I wear
>both because I have awful, hard to fit feet.  maggie coleman mscoleman at aol.com
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