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TCNJ Sponsored Golf Tournament Draws Protest Threats
DECEMBER 5, 2000 - EWING, NJ… A regional Junior Golf Tournament to be sponsored by The College of New Jersey and the mayor of Trenton has come under fire from the local chapter of Amnesty International. A meeting of Media Relations representatives to discuss the event on Friday, December 1st was interrupted three women and one man. The three women demanded the College not run the program, citing human rights violations by Nike, who is funding the event. The man, later identified as an alternative media journalist, took notes. When asked what would happen if the event was run, one woman responded, "Things will go very bad for The College." The Tournament, to be funded by Nike’s Tiger Woods Foundation, will run the week after commencement. Tiger Woods is expected to present awards and give a brief speech at the event’s closing. The College expects this event to be a great benefit for the city of Trenton and its youth golf program. Nike’s Tiger Woods Foundation has previously funded the Trenton Junior Golf Program, giving them $7,000 in 1998. Nike has been accused of operating sweatshops in third-world countries such as Thailand and Indonesia. These "sweatshops" exploit workers with extremely low wages and dangerous working conditions. Nike has recently released information that claims improved workers conditions and salaries in these overseas factories, but Amnesty International has challenged the legitimacy of these claims. The College’s chapter of Amnesty International has requested the school take a "No-Sweat" pledge. This pledge would not allow the school to be associated with any companies that run sweatshops. The College is taking the "No-Sweat" pledge and all other matters under advisement.
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