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Article

7 Jun 2011

Author:
Owen Tudor, ToUChstone blog, Trade Unions Congress [UK]

Adidas, Nike and Puma sign up with unions on Indonesian textile worker rights

A historic agreement was signed today in Jakarta. Indonesian clothing unions [KASBI, SPN, GSBI, Garteks, SPTSK], major supplier factories and key sportswear brands have agreed to guarantee freedom to form unions, bargain collectively and on facilities for unions. In the run up to the London 2012 Olympics the Play Fair Campaign will be encouraging other sportswear and garment brands to sign up to the protocol. Workers in Indonesia and in other countries producing sportswear are frequently prevented from organizing at sportswear supplier factories and from carrying out union activities. Recent research covering 18 factories in Indonesia found that all had taken anti-union measures.