Adidas is the official outfitter of the World Cup. It sells shirts for $90 to $150 each in Qatar. Shoes retail for $200. The shoes are made by 7,800 workers at the Pot Chen Group factory in Yangon, Myanmar. The workers are paid approximately $2.27 a day.
The workers went on strike in October. They were asking for $3.78 a day. Soldiers were brought in and the union organizers were fired.
See Elizabeth Paton, “Luxury Soccer Jerseys, but Rock-Bottom Wages,” New York Times, (Dec. 2, 2022), p. B1, B5.
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