Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 23, 1997, Winnipeg, Manitoba 82 Winnipeg free june world girl baby sister survive week with dead parents associated press a Man and woman whose two Young daughters survived up to a week after their parents deaths probably overdosed on police said Amanda and her five Eskold were found Friday night along with the decomposing bodies of their Par Terence Sikora and Carrie Amanda appeared healthy and was in the care of her Elizabeth who was born May had lost weight and was severely Sikora Julia was listed in Good condition sunday at childrens Hospi Tal of said nursing supervisor Gwen autopsy results on and Are not expected for at least a mail or drop off entry to Winnipeg free press 1355 Mountain Manitoba r2x 3b6 staff slam Nike supplier workers decry Bossy cruelty by Ian Stewart associated press cd Vietnam Nike promotes its athletic shoes around the world with the ringing imperative just do it the workers at a cd Chi factory that supplies Nike feel the slogan could just As easily be the barked order of a production manager demanding More output no matter what the working employees at the Sam Yang factory say Treyve been smacked with intimidated into signing unfavourable individual verbally forced to work overtime with no Advance notice and threatened with arbitrary the claims Are troubling for its a real said Martha Ben regional spokeswoman for the Amer ican its important for Nike to be seen As the Best employer in calling the reports of trouble at Nike sup pliers Benson said complaints Are being addressed and labour relations Are on the she said Nike contributes to Vietnam development by teaching skills and creating in Rural where the Job a photo line workers in cramped conditions at to Chi Minh City less rate runs upwards of 27 per Nike provides much needed some workers at what its difficult to handle the situation with foreign said Hothi a Union representative at the Sam Yang fac theres shouting and Nasty words to get the workers to do according to state news swelter ing Corporal punishment and degrading remarks from supervisors Are routine at the South Korea owned Sam which contracts its work to Vietnam labourers Start fighting Back by Ian Stewart associated press cd Vietnam workers of the world implored communism Karl and in communist that just what there Start ing to fed up with abusive foreign supervisors and sweatshop vietnamese Are walking off the Job in record numbers in a country where strikes were illegal up until three years of the 24 legally recognized strikes Dur ing the first three months of the 18 were in foreign controlled the dilemma for Hanoi How do you bal Ance the country growing dependency on foreign investment while standing up for labour rights state Media has publicized some worker complaints to pressure foreign business but the government has remained which often leaves labour complaints authorities Are working on setting up labour courts to Deal with but so even with a labour code on the books to define worker rights and employer oblige enforcing the rules is strikes Are occurring for different Rea were seeing that employ ers Arent protecting the rights of said Phan due a lawyer in the labour now weve got foreign investors coming in who dont know anything about our foreign investment is creating More and better paying and the Standard of Liv ing in cities is on the albeit yet High profile incidents of physical abuse at factories under contract to companies such As Nike have fuelled charges that for eign companies exploit vietnamese this is not Only a country that needs for eign said we need to build a system of Law that protects the Down a dust choked 40 Kilometres from to Chi Minh City is the South korean owned Sam Yang which works for Union representative Hothi Thanh explained the difficulties at her Trou bled last a supervisor smacked a worker with the sole of a Nike sneaker to make the employee work Only 4 nights left til Justice minister tangled in 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angry California ant tobacco activist Stanton Glantz wrote fellow tobacco the anxiety int confined to health big tobaccos chiefs Are girding for expected lawsuits by share holders once their boards formally approve last weeks a top tobacco official told the associated the Board of Philip which must pay billion us of the lion Down payment if Congress approves the is to take up the contentious pact wednes ;