Hawkers peddle t-shirts at the game
For $25 dollars you get to wear a name
They sew those shirts in Puebla, Mexico
That's the part we never really know
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800 worked at the Kuk Dong factory
Some of them lied and said they were 15
They were making shirts for Reebok and Nike
Eight universities
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$32 dollars for a 50 hour week
When they tried to form a union
Five were thrown out on the street
300 workers occupied the plant
The police beat them with rubber bats
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When the press heard about what they'd done
Nike thought they might just cut and run
Corporate profit is always the bottom line
Where's the point when profit is a crime?
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Nine months later and a hunger strike
The maquiladora won their basic rights
The company saved its face and changed its name
I wonder if those colors really change?
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Hawkers selling t- shirts at the game
For $25 you get to wear a name