discredit to the sporting goods industry to the new allegations on working conditions.
The countdown to the Beijing Olympics has started and the workers who produce sportswear for international companies, they spend millions on sponsorship Olympic and Sports are still working excessive hours and receive low wages. Are the main conclusions of the report "Saving obstacle steps to improve wages and working conditions in the global sportswear industry " presented by PlayFair 2008. Although codes of conduct adopted by most major brands for over 15 years, we see that workers continue to face enormous pressure to meet production quotas, put many hours which are recorded or not are paid, suffered verbal violence, working in deplorable conditions health and safety and will not meet the legal obligation to provide health insurance programs and other types of insurance.
The countdown to the Beijing Olympics has started and the workers who produce sportswear for international companies, they spend millions on sponsorship Olympic and Sports are still working excessive hours and receive low wages. Are the main conclusions of the report "Saving obstacle steps to improve wages and working conditions in the global sportswear industry " presented by PlayFair 2008. Although codes of conduct adopted by most major brands for over 15 years, we see that workers continue to face enormous pressure to meet production quotas, put many hours which are recorded or not are paid, suffered verbal violence, working in deplorable conditions health and safety and will not meet the legal obligation to provide health insurance programs and other types of insurance.
" There has been no real progress since the Athens Games " - activists say PlayFair 2008.
In China, workers stuck shoes for less than $ 1.25 a day stitching footballs for 30 cents each.
Based on interviews with more than 300 workers in the sportswear industry in China, India, Thailand and Indonesia, the report "Clearing the Hurdles " shows that violations of the rights of workers are still the rule in this sector, including in workplaces producing for adidas, sponsor of the Beijing Games and London and numerous national Olympic teams.
The report identifies four key barriers to those faced by the industry summarized in low wages, the increase short-term contracts, the violation of the right to freedom of association and collective bargaining , and the closure of factories due the restructuring of the sector. So, Play Fair 2008 has invited the leaders of this market to participate in June at a meeting in Hong Kong to discuss his commitment against the specific proposals made in the report.
Last year, Play Fair published a report on violations of labor rights in the production of Olympic-branded goods, and has since tried to get a concrete commitment by the International Olympic Committee on how it will follow up on these issues. " Five years after we first approached the IOC to address this issue, no compromise has been reached concrete by hand, and yet it remains unclear what measures will be taken on the outstanding issues regarding labor rights. We are ready to begin working immediately with them to achieve concrete results "said the Secretary General of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC), Guy Ryder.
Download the report " Hurdles" in: http://www.playfair2008.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=104 & ; Itemid = 61
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