Michael Moore is a filmmaker and author in America. In this video, he challenges Phil Knight, the co founder of Nike shoes to raise the minimum working age of footwear factories in Indonesia to eighteen. The most dominant message in this video is the adverse effect of child labor in third world countries. Now child labor doesn't only occur in Indonesia; it also takes place in my homeland Vietnam, China and other south eastern Asian countries. It is also not only limited to shoes, but other Nike products such as various sportswear and equipment.

Now why would big corporations take the time and effort to fly to another country and set up factories there when they can simply make factories over here? The answer is simple. Cheap labor. Why pay a worker 10 dollars an hour to make shoes when you can outsource the job and pay someone else 10 cents an hour? Nike isn't the only guilty corporation here. Consider Wal-Mart as an example. Why does Wal-Mart advertise cheap prices all the time? It is all thanks to child labor because the production, manufacturing and exportation of goods is dirt cheap. Many corporations look to China as a gateway of wealth because of the large massive workforce available. More workers means more jobs and faster production of goods, and services.

"Made in China." We see it often but many don't realize the true significance it holds. China is the largest exporter. It's a good chance that most of your things in your living room, the clothes and shoes your wearing were made in China. Corporations outsource jobs to China so our prices can remain low. To do this: workers are subject to extreme exploitation, absence of living wage benefits, poor working conditions and even verbal and physical abuse. Sweatshop workers are paid less than their daily expenses, and therefore are never able to save any money to improve their livelihood. They are trapped in an awful cycle of exploitation and abuse.

Here's a short Simpson's opening introduction. The artists representation of sweatshops was powerful