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adidas-archive June 29, 2006The Life of Football Factory Workers in Thailand. New Thai study reveals workers at football factories don’t earn enough to live in dignity

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July 25, 2006 Adidas' response to “The Life of Football Factory Workers in Thailand”
Adidas responded to the TLC report – read below for the adidas response plus comments from the TLC and CCC.

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June 8, 2006
Actions around the World Cup 2006

With the FIFA World Cup 2006 taking place in Germany, the CCC took the lead in organizing a number of actions. On May 11, a protest action was organized at the German Headquarters of Adidas at their annual stakeholders meeting. Dressed in red and with the slogan "Ich bin rot vor Wut!" (I am red of anger), protesters loudly draw attention to the poor working conditions at factories that supply Adidas.

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Sewing for the world market

Jan 2005 - Women's work in Export Processing Zones and in the informal economy. Country case studies China, Indonesi a and Sri Lanka. Fashion companies under examination

The SÜDWIND publication presents the results of recent case studies on working conditions of women in EPZs and sweatshops in China, Indonesia and Sri Lanka, with emphasis on supplier factories of KarstadtQuelle, C&A, Otto, adidas-Salomon and puma, as well as replies by these companies and comments by SÜDWIND. The author analyses trends on the world market of textiles and clothing, reflects practical experiences of unionists and consumers and offers proposals for action.

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Sept 2004, Outcome of OECD complaint case of German Clean Clothes Campaign against adidas disappointing

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Adidas: staying focused

In its Codes Memo , from June 2004, the Maquila Solidarity Network takes a closer look at some of the FLA's projects, and further focuses on recent developments and trends in company Corporate Social Responsibility reports, including analyses of the recent reports of Gap, adidas , and several Canadian retailers. They also profile some new resources on CSR reporting and relevant issues that need to be addressed in those reports.

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Bed & Bath, Thailand

Minister for Labour surrounded by Bed and Bath workers(Dec 2002) The Thai Labour Campaign requests support in a campaign to help workers at a Thai factory (producing for such brands as Nike, Levi Strauss, adidas, and Reebok) get the back pay and severance pay they are owed. more >>

Updates


Solidarity for PT Panarub worker producing for Adidas in Indonesia

Dec 2002, Outcome of OECD complaint on adidas
June 2002, Labour rights violations at PT. Tuntex, Indonesian garment supplier of adidas-Salomon 1999-2002
May 2002, Report on the Working Conditions of Soccer and Football Workers in factories producing for adidas, Puma, Lotto and others in Mainland China
" We Are Not Machines " Report finds that Indonesian Nike and Adidas workers are paid so little they are forced to separate from their children.
March 8, 2002
Video: Adidas-Soloman: The Mark Thomas Product
Satire about adidas
May 2001, report from the National Labour Campaign
Worker Rights in the Americas?
A Rare Inside Glimpse
May 8, 2001, Second negotiation-attempt with adidas failed.
Pilot-project with the german Clean Clothes Campaign refused
"Taiwan" shoes' makers: Thai Workers
paper produced for Press for change. (Nov 2000)
23 Nov 2000, Adidas attacked for Asian 'sweatshops' (Guardian)
23 Nov 2000, Adidas boycotts EU ethics hearing By Stephen Castle in Brussels (The Independent)
19 Nov 2000, Statement from Garteks-SBSI on Adidas
April 2000, Report from China: Producing for Adidas and Nike
Alice Kwan, of the Hong Kong Christian Industrial Committee (HKCIC) reports on labour conditions in China, in factories producing for Adidas and Nike. Kwan discusses the situation for Chinese garment and footwear workers, the impact of company codes, highlights important aspects of Chinese labor legislation and profiles seven companies producing for Adidas and/or Nike.
PRESS RELEASE
Indonesian testimony on labour conditions in adidas factories at European Parliament Hearing. . The company adidas-Salomon is also called upon to send a representative to the hearing

Aug. 2000, PRESS RELEASE from the German Clean Clothes Campaign
Adidas drops supplier FORMOSA in El Salvador Threat to jobs of needle workers

June 2000, U.S. Retailers Increase Use of Sweatshops in Burma as Imports Soar

June 2000, SBSI Conclusions and proposals to Adidas Jakarta and Adidas Singapore after visiting Adidas suppliers in April 2000: Nikomas Gemilang(Serang), PT Bintang Adibusang and PT Bintang Busana Jaya (KBN)

May 2000, Indonesian workers sweat for German fashion-multinationals
adidas, C&A, Otto Versand, Quelle

00-05-05, Letter to adidas concerning euro 2000

99-12-08, Strike at sportswear factory in Vietnam over alleged beating
Company Profile: Savina
Adidas and Nike Supplier in the Sandanski region of Bulgaria
99-11, Tainan - Harsh conditions for workers
Indonesian cheap production for German fashion TNC's

Adidas asked to investigate claims of prison-made footballs

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