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MADISON, Wis. — The University of Wisconsin canceled its licensingagreement with Nike Inc. on Friday, becoming the first university totake that step over concerns about the company's treatment of workersin Honduras.
Chancellor Biddy Martin said Nike hasn't done enoughto help workers collect severance payments they are owed at twofactories that abruptly closed last year.
"Nike has notdeveloped, and does not intend to develop, meaningful ways ofaddressing the plight of displaced workers and their families inHonduras," Martin said. "It has not presented clear long-range plans toprevent or respond to similar problems in the future. For thiscombination of reasons, we have decided to end our relationship fornow."
MADISON, Wis. — The University of Wisconsin canceled its licensingagreement with Nike Inc. on Friday, becoming the first university totake that step over concerns about the company's treatment of workersin Honduras.
Chancellor Biddy Martin said Nike hasn't done enoughto help workers collect severance payments they are owed at twofactories that abruptly closed last year.
"Nike has notdeveloped, and does not intend to develop, meaningful ways ofaddressing the plight of displaced workers and their families inHonduras," Martin said. "It has not presented clear long-range plans toprevent or respond to similar problems in the future. For thiscombination of reasons, we have decided to end our relationship fornow."