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Global protest swamps adidas’ Facebook page
by geertjan — published 12-11-2012 — last modified 25-04-2013 13:51 — filed under: , ,
Thousands of people from across the globe are leaving messages on adidas originals' Facebook page about adidas' failure to pay Indonesian workers US$1.8million severance pay.
Located in News / … / 11 / 12
Join our global Week of Action against adidas!
by geertjan — published 05-11-2012 — last modified 25-04-2013 13:50 — filed under: , ,
This week, we join hands with our friends from Labour Behind The Label, SumOfUs, USAS, People and Planet, Ms Wanda, ILRF and many more to tell adidas to stop throwing around excuses. We want them to finally pay up the US$1.8 million of severance payments they owe the Kizone workers in Indonesia. The Kizone factory closed in April 2011, leaving 2,800 people out of work and without pay. It's time for a global Week of Action!
Located in News / … / 11 / 05
Sweatshop Campaigners unite against Adidas' "Fundamentally flawed" workers rights summit
by geertjan — published 22-10-2012 — last modified 25-04-2013 13:48 — filed under: , ,
Anti-sweatshop campaigners from the US and Europe today united to condemn a summit to be held in Lausanne, Switzerland on Tuesday organised by adidas, intended to deal with the issues workers face when its supplier factories close. Whilst United Students Against Sweatshops, the Clean Clothes Campaign, War On Want and People & Planet welcome comprehensive, long-term solutions to workers’ rights abuses in adidas’ supply chain, they say the summit is “fundamentally flawed” and an “empty rhetorical gesture” as workers in Indonesia that made adidas products have been waiting for severance payments for over a year.
Located in News / … / 10 / 22
adidas 'humanitarian aid' gives cold shoulder to Kizone workers
by geertjan — published 10-10-2012 — last modified 25-04-2013 13:45 — filed under: , ,
One month after our petition with nearly 50,000 signatures was handed over to adidas by US and European activists, the sports brand issued a statement saying how they intend to respond to the outstanding US$1.8million in severance payments owed to former Kizone workers in Indonesia.
Located in News / … / 10 / 10
US university dumps adidas: first-ever contract loss over sweatshop abuse
by geertjan — published 25-09-2012 — last modified 24-04-2013 09:50 — filed under: , ,
US Cornell University announced that they will severe their contract with adidas from the beginning of October 2012, becoming the first U.S. university in history to terminate an agreement with the German company over labour rights. Cornell’s decision comes nearly a year and a half after PT Kizone, an adidas supplier factory in Indonesia, shut down unexpectedly in 2011. The closure left nearly 3,000 workers without $1.8 million in legally-owed severance. Adidas still refuses to pay up.
Located in News / … / 09 / 25
Kizone action goes global!
by geertjan — published 05-09-2012 — last modified 24-04-2013 09:50 — filed under: , ,
On Monday campaigners in Germany, the UK and the US handed over a petition to adidas demanding overdue severance pay for 2,800 Indonesian garment workers. In total 1.5 million is illegally withheld from the workers, which is less than two per cent of the cost of adidas Olympic sponsorship.
Located in News / … / 09 / 05
Insulting offer of adidas food vouchers rejected by workers
by geertjan — published 26-07-2012 — last modified 24-04-2013 09:50 — filed under: , ,
An offer by adidas to donate food vouchers to Indonesian workers owed millions of euros has been described as downright insulting by union representatives and labour right campaigners. The workers, previously employed at ex-addidas supplier PT Kizone, have been fighting for over a year to get adidas to pay the 1.5 million euros still owed to them in unpaid severance. Adidas' offer: a food voucher worth just 43 euros.
Located in News / … / 07 / 26
PT Kizone update 15th June 2012 - PT Kizone workers protest at British and German embassies
by geertjan — published 18-06-2012 — last modified 24-04-2013 09:50 — filed under: , ,
On 11th June, to coincide with the Euro 2012 football tournament, which is sponsored by adidas, dozens of PT Kizone workers and their supporters held a march in Jakarta calling on adidas to pay the $1.8 million dollars owned to them in severance pay.
Located in News / … / 06 / 18
adidas, step up your game on workers' rights!
by geertjan — published 09-05-2012 — last modified 24-04-2013 09:50 — filed under: , ,
adidas, step up your game on workers’ rights and make sure PT Kizone workers get the deal they deserve.
Located in News / … / 05 / 09
Background on PT Kizone, Indonesia
by geertjan — published 09-05-2012 — last modified 29-04-2013 15:52 — filed under: , ,
2,800 workers formerly employed at the Indonesian sportswear manufacture, PT Kizone have now been fighting for over a year to get severance owed to them following the closure of the factory and the abscondment of its owner.
Located in News / … / 05 / 09
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