Nike urged to backpay garment workers ahead of annual meeting

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More than a dozen investors are calling on Nike to pay garment workers in Cambodia and Thailand that a labor rights group said lost wages after COVID-19 factory shutdowns, according to a Sept. 7 letter to Nike's CEO John Donahoe seen by Reuters.

of its supply chain, including investigations by Canadian and U.S. government agencies.

Nike denied the allegations in a statement to Reuters. The company said it has not sourced product from the Cambodian factory since 2006 and that it also found "no evidence" that it owed workers in Thailand back pay.The investors, including Dutch bank Triodos and pension fund PGGM, cite a June report by the Washington, D.C.

Nike said it found "no evidence to support the claims" that Violet Apparel made Nike items after 2006.

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