Nike supply chain pay claim questioned

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Investigation finds only 1% of garment workers at Cambodian factory earned benchmark claimed by sportswear giant

PHNOM PENH - Sportswear giant Nike's claims about the wages paid to its supply chain workers have been questioned by a new investigation.

Nike claims its suppliers pay their workers 1.9 times the minimum wage on average - but the ProPublica nonprofit says it has seen the payroll for 3,720 employees at one Cambodian factory revealing only 1% reached this level.

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