Wisconsin had made the bold decision to be the FIRST University to break ties with Nike, simply because of how they treat their sweatshop workers in Honduras.
The University of Wisconsin said that the poor treatment of another human being is unacceptable, and Nike has made no effort to improve the working conditions of their workers.
Nike says that it is in the company’s policy to put the sole responsibility of the working conditions in the hands of the subcontractor, and insisted that none of the University of Wisconsin’s merchandise was made in the Honduras sweatshops.
Despite this, the University of Wisconsin will take it's $49,000 royalty generated income somewhere else. Will other universities and colleges follow along with Wisconsin? Only time will tell! Read the source to get even more information