MITRE is one of the biggest brand names to soccer players throughout the world. As the fastest of its kind, it is used in some of the largest soccer tournament including the FA cup. It is a company that sponsors or pays many famous or professional players to wear their clothing, soccer boots, and protection such as shin guards. Over one hundred million soccer balls each year are hand stitched in India, being sold around the world to places such as the United States. Unfortunately, one of those soccer balls being produced is MITRE. Young kids every day, sometimes even six or younger are stitching soccer balls for no money at all. A world-famous company like MITRE should be setting standards for employee rights, not abusing them.
MITRE was not the only brand that had products made from sweatshops; there were some other famous companies as well. MITRE is very similar to the companies Nike and Reebok. Nike is one of the most popular and wealthiest companies in the world. There are also sweatshops overseas making shoes and clothing for Nike and Reebok. There are women and children working over sixty hours a week without any days off or getting paid. The only reason why these companies such as Nike and MITRE have been doing this is to make large profits. For example they would have a child make one soccer ball for thirty cents and sell it for thirty dollars in America. One company that is different from all the others is the sports brand Champion and Chi pants, which is a blue jeans company. The workers their make anywhere between seven to nine dollars, plus benefits. Recently MITRE, Nike, and Reebok plan to make soccer factories in Pakistan, only employing adults, and making education programs for kids.
MITRE has created a code of conduct to stop all of the sweatshops and favor employee rights, which can be reviewed on their website. Overall this company is looked at as one of the most elite soccer companies in the world. It is important that such a popular brand is creating their soccer balls fairly
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Your blog was well written. It is very shocking to hear that these companies are actually using sweatshops for the labor to make their products. Sweatshops that force women and children to work for very little or no income at all is wrong and an abuse on the people as "employees". It is definitely good to hear that this company has made a code of conduct to stop this from happening again by their company. That is definitely something important that needs to be addressed, so that these workers will receive their rights.
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