Day Eleven Of The Worker Action Delegation | Holding Nike To Account In DC
June 5, 2025
On the last day of the Worker Action Delegation, Leni, Dedeh, and Dinar brought the demands of Asian garment workers to the heart of U.S. political power. In Washington, DC, they met with U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders to share firsthand accounts about how workers in Nike’s supply chain are treated. The meeting underscored the need for global brands to be held accountable for labor violations they continue to deny. After hearing from the workers, Senator Sanders called Nike’s actions “corporate greed at its worst.”
Garment workers who make @Nike billions deserve living wages and human rights. Thanks @SenSanders for supporting the Fight the Heist campaign.
Proud to stand with workers, unions @asia_floorwage in this fight #SeeUsNike https://t.co/Peh0lD94ek
— Global Labor Justice (@global_labor) June 6, 2025
This final stop marked the conclusion of a powerful journey that began in Oregon and moved through New York and Philadelphia. At every stage, the workers challenged the Nike's public image and exposed the reality behind its profits—wage theft, union-busting, and gender-based violence and harassment. Their message across cities was clear: garment workers will no longer be ignored by brands that profit from their labor.
As the delegation closes, its significance extends beyond any single event. The voices of Dedeh, Leni, and Dinar have reached new audiences, built new alliances, and strengthened a transnational call for justice. Across Asia and around the world, thousands of garment workers and their allies are demanding what workers are rightfully owed. The Worker Action Delegation may have ended in Washington, but the movement it helped grow is only gaining momentum.
Stay tuned for more updates and read: Day Ten Of The Worker Action Delegation | Worker Activists Speak from Capitol Hill
Day Ten Of The Worker Action Delegation | Worker Activists Speak from Capitol Hill
June 5, 2025
On Day Ten of the Worker Activist Delegation, Leni, Dedeh, and Dinar brought the voice of Asian garment workers directly to the U.S. capital—a global center of policymaking, federal legislation and movement building. At a public event on Capitol Hill attended by more than 70 people, they shared firsthand accounts of wage theft, union suppression, and gender-based violence and harassment inside Nike’s supply chain. These experiences are not isolated—they are widespread across the garment sector, and continue to be denied by brands that profit from them.
The event also included panelists Oliver Smith of the Communications Workers of America Union (CWA), Abiramy Sivalogananthan of Asia Floor Wage Alliance (AFWA), and Maryam Arain of the Action Center on Race and the Economy (ACRE). Together with the worker activists, they made clear that Nike’s business model depends on exploitation—and that global solidarity is essential to holding the company accountable. Speakers addressed the intersections of labor rights, profit mongering by brands, and U.S. trade policies that sustain the status quo.
The Capitol Hill gathering marked a critical moment in the delegation—where worker voices moved from factory floors to federal platforms. Leni, Dedeh, and Dinar spoke not only for themselves, but for thousands of women across Asia who demand what they are owed. Their message to policymakers and the public was simple: there are no profits without workers, and there can be no justice without accountability.
Stay tuned for more updates and read: Day Eight Of The Worker Action Delegation | Across Cities, One Fight
Day Eight Of The Worker Action Delegation | Across Cities, One Fight
June 2, 2025
After their visit to the site of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire and gathering at Nike’s 5th Avenue store, Dedeh, Leni, and Dinar continued their journey—meeting with union members and more allies who share a commitment to holding brands accountable. In every city, they’ve made it clear: garment workers are organizing across borders, and they are naming the parties responsible for wage theft, union repression, and unsafe working conditions.
In New York City, the delegation met with the NYC Central Labor Council and the Desis Rising Up and Moving (DRUM) organization and visited a memorial quilt exhibit honoring the victims of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire and the Rana Plaza collapse. For the three worker activists, it was a stark reminder that factory disasters don’t happen in isolation—they happen in patterns, when profit is prioritized over people. The memorial connected past and present: the lives lost in New York over a century ago, the lives lost in Rana Plaza and the lives still being risked across global supply chains today.
From New York, the workers activists continued to Philadelphia, where they met with more allies, including the Philadelphia Council AFL-CIO, the Philadelphia Coalition of Labor Union Women (CLUW), and the Action Center on Race and the Economy (ACRE). Together, they discussed the ongoing fight to make Nike pay what it owes to garment workers in its supply chain. These meetings were grounded in shared experiences of brand impunity, and in a collective commitment to challenging it through worker and union organizing and cross-border solidarity.
Stay tuned for more updates and read: Day Six Of The Worker Action Delegation | Nike, Triangle, and the Women Workers Still Fighting