On Tuesday, Dedhe Nurhasanah held an Air Jordan in Nike’s downtown Portland store. She’d seen the model before. She works at an Indonesian factory that makes it. The shoe’s price: $205. Nurhasanah’s ...
They are lines in the payroll ledger of a Cambodian baby clothing factory, invisible lives near the bottom of the global economy. There is Phan Oem, 53, who says she clocked up to 76 hours a week ...
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Ford is offering manufacturing roles that can reach six figures, yet plants still struggle to attract and keep enough people to run the lines. The gap is not simply about pay, it reflects a deeper ...
Indian factory workers were reportedly asked to wear AI-linked cameras to track movements and train robots, raising fresh ...
In another textile factory in Tamil Nadu, several women workers are wearing smart glasses made by Meta to record their hand ...