Woke corporations who supported BLM lobby against ban on Chinese slave labor

Nike, Coca-Cola and Apple, three corporations that vehemently supported the Black Lives Matter movement after the death of George Floyd, are lobbying against a US ban on imports of products produced by Chinese slave labor.

(Article by Paul Joseph Watson republished from Summit.news)

The Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act, which is awaiting a green light from the Senate, bans the import of goods produced in Xinjiang where companies cannot prove they were not made by slave labor.

Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang face massive persecution at the hands of Chinese authorities, with many being held in de facto re-education camps in which they are forced to work and undergo draconian brainwashing programs.

Nike, Coca-Cola and Apple have never missed an opportunity to assert their woke corporate values, with Apple CEO Tim Cook previously proclaiming, “To the Black community – we see you. You matter and your lives matter.”

In honor of BLM, Nike also released an amended version of their slogan that said, “For once, Don’t Do It,” while Coca-Cola CEO James Quincey said, “Companies like ours must speak up as allies to the Black Lives Matter movement.”

Apparently, Uyghur lives don’t matter because all three corporations are lobbying against the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act.

“And yet, for all their performative moralising, these companies are now trying to water down action against the extreme oppression of Uyghur Muslims in China,” reports Spiked.

Nike, Coca-Cola and other major companies and business groups are lobbying Congress to weaken a bill that would ban imported goods made with forced labor in China’s Xinjiang region. https://t.co/63B7LyKIAp

— The New York Times (@nytimes) November 30, 2020

“The New York Times reports that lobbyists seek changes such as the ‘easing [of] disclosure requirements’ that would be put in place by the act. Apple, it says, has proposed extended compliance deadlines, and is not keen on the idea of giving supply-chain information to the public, preferring to release this information to Congress instead.”

All three companies deny any role in incentivizing slave labor, but research by the Australian Strategic Policy Institute found that “Apple and Nike were beneficiaries of ‘abusive labour transfer programs’ involving Uyghurs.”

Coca-Cola claims that it does not permit modern slavery in its supply chain and has made every effort to stamp it out.

“But disclosure documents are revealing,” writes Spiked. Though not explicit about the ultimate aims of the expenditure, they show both Nike and Coca-Cola have paid for lobbying in relation to the Forced Labour Act, while Apple has also paid for lobbying on what the New York Times describes as ‘Xinjiang-related legislation’.”

The sheer hypocrisy of these transnational corporations having repeatedly virtue signaled about the Black Lives Matter movement while simultaneously trying to uphold modern slavery for profit is beyond staggering.

As we previously highlighted, the NBA has also stood behind the Black Lives Matter movement and all manner of other ‘woke’ causes while caving to Communist China, particularly during its brutal crackdown on protesters in Hong Kong.

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