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