Labor groups Jobs With Justice and United Steelworkers of America led a delegation Monday that called for Nike to change its labor practices at its annual meeting. The organizations say Nike engages in a systematic violation of workers' fundamental rights. The groups criticized Nike's devastation of Canadian communities through its plant closures and downsizing.

They also criticized Nike for its continued failure to police labor practices in Asia. The groups claim to have obtained information that Nike is outsourcing work previously done at Canadian facilities to a Thai contractor that is "forcing employees to work overtime, exposing workers to excess heat, and violating local wage laws." BusinessWire has the full story here.