Another monitoring group, the Fair Labor Association, also found labor violations.
"I think the Fair Labor Association is just window-dressing," said Charles Kernaghan, director of the National Labor Committee, a labor rights group.
After scandals and worker complaints, Apple, which is Foxconn's largest customer, allowed the Fair Labor Association to conduct a review of its suppliers' labor practices.
Under the settlement, Nike will donate $1.5 million to the Fair Labor Association, a Washington group that monitors corporate labor practices abroad and helps educate workers.
His consortium, an independent labor rights monitoring group, and the Fair Labor Association had previously found that Russell's Honduras operation improperly fired 145 union supporters in 2007.
Though some labor groups applauded the announcement, others said that the outside auditor Apple chose, the Fair Labor Association, which is based in Washington, was not sufficiently independent.
Page B4 LABOR AUDIT ON FOXCONN The Fair Labor Association, the international monitoring group, has often been criticized for being too cozy with the companies it audits.
— Glenn Collins NPR: Nestlé will have the Fair Labor Association determine whether child labor is used in the harvesting and supply of its cocoa from Africa.
"The Fair Labor Association is largely a fig leaf," said Jeff Ballinger, director of Press for Change, a labor rights group.
Though some labor groups applauded Monday's announcement, others said that the outside auditor Apple chose, the Fair Labor Association, which is based in Washington, was not sufficiently independent.
The findings of the Fair Labor Association reveal that there is indeed child labor in the Nestle supply chain.
