The athletic apparel industry in which Nike is involved is a major money maker in the United States. Nike controls most of the U.S. market for sports related goods, but doesn't have a single sneaker factory in this country. Instead Nike has ". . . contract factories in Taiwan . . . South Korea . . . [and] Pakistan . . ." where the company can employ cheap workers (Kristof 586). Nike continues to make millions of dollars exploiting these workers overseas by paying them very little. "Everyone has the right to work, to free choice of employment, to just and a favorable condition of work . . . [e]veryone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his family, including food, clothing, housing and medical care and necessary social service." These are excerpts from the Declaration of Human Rights written over 50 years ago. The Declaration was created to give, ". . . inherent dignity and. . . equal and inalienable rights to all members of the human family." The Declaration gave hope to many people across the globes that were living in tyranny and oppression, hoping for equality and fair treatment. Unfortunately for some, this document turned out to be merely one of false hope and lies. These people are our fellow human beings working under slave-like conditions in sweatshops. To them, the promises are just a myth, something one can only dream about. Are these sweat shop workers human beings? Of course they are human beings! Sadly, they are not treated like it. They are forced to work an incredible number of hours, under hazardous conditions and at ridiculously low wages. Don't they deserve the rights the Declaration mentions? Of course they do! This is the exact reason that such treatment can't continue, something must be done. Even though ". . . fashion brands such as Nike and Gap have been blistered by controversies over foreign sweatsh...