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Hermosa: emergency fund set up and new action request In 2006 we have several times asked you to support the Hermosa workers, whose factory closed in may 2005 following an attempt to organize a union. A determined group of 63 workers has since been campaigning to receive their legally owed severance and other payments, and to end the blacklisting that prevents them from getting new jobs in the Maquila.
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Puma's corporate strategy is to 'become the most desirable Sportlifestyle company' (Puma 2005).

Puma's three World Cat sourcing organisations for Europe, the USA, and the Far East place orders directly with suppliers, located mainly in East and South-East Asia: 90 per cent of footwear and 60 per cent of apparel is sourced from China, Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam, and Cambodia; further production is based in Romania, Bulgaria, Turkey, Portugal, Italy, Paraguay, and the USA.

Puma includes a comprehensive Code of Conduct on labour standards in its production contracts with suppliers. Implementation is managed by the Social Accountability and Fundamental Environmental Standards (SAFE) team, who check and approve all new suppliers and inspect current ones. In 2004, there were 337 audits conducted, according to the Company's sustainability report 2004 (Puma 2005).
The company has continued worker-education programmes with local organisations in Central America.

Puma joined the Fair Labour Association in January 2004. Although the company has taken encouraging steps to demonstrate its commitment to decent labour standards, it needs to increase its efforts to address the significant abuses of labour rights that are reported by workers and to address outstanding recommendations of the Programme of Work.

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Offside!

Oxfam publishes report on labour rights and sportswear production in Asia

May 2006, The Clean Clothes Campaign welcomes the report brought out by Oxfam on labour rights and sportswear production in Asia, “Offside!”. The report concludes that sportswear companies are failing to ensure that workers making their products have the right to freedom of association. Although some companies are involved with positive initiatives which have led to improved conditions in some factories, still their overall approach to trade union rights has been inconsistent and at times contradictory.

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How are they doing?

Clean Clothes Campaign update on progress in the sportswear industry on workers' rights for Turin 2006.

Jan 2006 - From the 10th to 26th February 2006, the Olympic Winter Games will take place in Turin, Italy. Two years ago, to coincide with the Athens Olympic games, an international alliance of trades unions, labour rights groups and NGOs came together under the banner of the Play Fair Alliance to campaign for the Olympic ideals of respect, dignity and fair play to be respected in the global sportswear industry. The Olympic Winter Games mark the halfway point between the Olympic Games in Athens and the Olympic Games in Beijing, and so it is time to take stock of the steps made by the companies and organisations highlighted.
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Clean Clothes Campaign - March 2004
The Play Fair at the Olympics Campaign: an evaluation of the company responses

June 2005, The Play Fair at the Olympics Campaign has urged 'sportswear companies and the International Olympic Committee to bring about an industry-wide solution to the abuse and exploitation of workers in global sportswear supply chains'.

Toward this aim, seven companies - Asics, Fila, Kappa, Lotto, Mizuno, Puma , and Umbro - were highlighted during the international public campaign.

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