Activist turns down rights award from Reebok: An Indonesia labor

Activist turns down rights award from Reebok: An Indonesia labor
activist has turned down a $50,000 human rights award from
sporting goods giant Reebok in protest against the low salaries
the company allegedly pays its workers in her homeland. "The
factories do not pay a living wage," Dita Indah Sari said
Tuesday. Indonesian contractors for Reebok and other U.S. shoe
and apparel makers employ at least 300,000 workers across the
country. Most of the products are for export. Workers at
factories around Jakarta are paid a little over a dollar a day,
the current minimum wage. The amount is barely enough to live on.
-- AP