Some major issues in Indonesia include abuse of labor workers, bird flu, human rights
and forced evictions. These issues play a powerful role in Indonesia's society and the
government should take action against these atrocities and/or be held accountability for the
wrong doings and deaths. The first major issue is abuse of labor workers. In the article "Abuse
rife at Nike's Indonesia plants" workers at nine factories under contract by the U.S. sportswear
giant Nike says they have either suffered or have witnessed sexual and verbal abuse. Abuse
included working illegal overtime and not being able to take sick or annual leave. The article
was based off interviews of more that 4,000 workers at different plants and funded by Nike itself.
Nike has acknowledged that the findings are disturbing, but said it welcomes the chance to
improve conditions. Nike has promised to fix the problems by launching independent investigations into
the allegations of......
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