Unfortunately the Indonesian minimum wage is not a living wage either. But by precipitous inflation shoe and garment workers are now driven to desperation. In a few months, Nike workers have gone from averaging about $2,- per day to about 70 cents. While some US employers have chosen to continue paying their Indonesian workers at previous US-dollar rates to buffer the workers from inflation, Nike has not made any such overture.(39) Another problem with wages, NGO's come across, is the comparison between rural and urban areas Nike makes. As many Vietnamese farmers earn no more than $300,- a year and Vietnamese Nike workers earn an average annual salary of $564,-. ($10.85 per week, $1.81 per day, 23 cents an hour.) which complies with the lokal minimum wage.(40)

Often times I wonder why
There's love and hate, theres live or die.
When sickness comes I must decide:
When feelings go, theres suicide.