IT should have been a special day for Elizabeth Sutarti on Tuesday, two weeks ago. The deputy chief of PT Nagasakti Paramshoes Industry’s labor union in Tangerang, Banten, turned 37 that day. But instead of getting gifts on her birthday, Sutarti got the shock of her life: Nike had decided to end their contract with the company she works for. “This is the most ‘memorable’ birthday of my life,” she said, visibly upset.

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