Nike Inc.

Nike is one of the world’s largest and most influential athletic apparel companies, but its global dominance is built on layers of exploitation. The brand has a long history of labor rights violations in its supply chain, including unsafe factory conditions, poverty wages, forced overtime, union suppression, and exploitative contracts across countries like Vietnam, Indonesia, and China. Nike has been repeatedly criticized for its continued reliance on outsourced labor, and for failing to adequately audit or reform abusive manufacturing partners.

The company also sources from Delta Galil Industries—an Israeli textile manufacturer with facilities in illegal West Bank settlements. These settlements are considered violations of international law and are part of the infrastructure of military occupation and apartheid. By maintaining business ties with Delta Galil, Nike is directly entangled in the economics of displacement and settler-colonialism.

Nike’s political entanglements extend beyond its supply chain. The company has faced backlash for prioritizing brand control and PR optics over accountability. Despite mounting evidence, Nike has not publicly addressed its ties to Delta Galil or its continued use of exploitative production systems.