Nike Cuts Off Funds for 3 Universities (Michigan, Oregon and Brown) which have recently joined The Workers’ Rights Consortium, which attempts to persuade colleges to be more aggressive in monitoring pay and working conditions in overseas “sweatshops” including Nike’s factories. Millions of dollars for outfitting athletic teams and renovating sports facilities at the three schools have been withdrawn. Nike supports a different organization, the Fair Labor Association, which claims to monitor overseas working conditions but involves industry representatives in policy making and, unlike the WRC, does not support a “fair living wage” standard and does not advocate unannounced spot checks of factories.