Indonesia

SUKABUMI, Indonesia —Workers making Converse sneakers in Indonesia say supervisors throw shoes at them, slap them in the face and call them dogs and pigs. Nike, the brand’s owner, admits that such abuse has occurred among the contractors that make its hip high-tops but says there was little it could do to stop it.

Brussels, 7 June 2011 - Today a historic agreement has been signed regarding trade union rights in factories in Indonesia. The pact was signed by Indonesian textile, clothing and footwear unions, major supplier factories and the major sportswear brands, including Adidas, Nike and Puma.

Behind the glitz of major sporting events - what's the reality for sportswear workers? In this new video, Indonesian trade unionst, Lilis Mahmudah, challenges us to look behind the glitz and glamour of major sporting events and understand the reality for workers making sportswear for the big brands. Poverty wages; sexual harassment; union busting; verbal and physical abuse, long working hours; and lack of job security are just some of the conditions she describes.
More at:http://www.tuc.org.uk/international/tuc-18798-f0.cfm
Or watch on Youtube at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-fCEL1kl3E&feature=player_embedded

If adidas can spend millions of euros sponsoring individual athletes and sporting events, surely it should value the women and men who worked for years producing its products in Asia. Yet it has failed to live up to promises made to workers at its suppliers factories in Indonesia.

Ask adidas to keep its promises to its Indonesian workers.
Take action today >>
http://www.oxfam.org.au/act/take-action/workers-rights/2010-05-Adidas-st...

From Clean Clothes Campaign:

After a campaign that lasted for over three years, the Indonesian garment factory PT Mulia Knitting Factory finally acknowledged the right of their workers to form unions of their choice. The factory, on the outskirts of the capital Jakarta, signed an agreement last Thursday with the union GSBI.

...but for women working in the garment industry and their families, good food is just that -- not a given, but something they have to think long and hard about buying. When you?re paid poverty wages malnutrition is a way of life -- along with unsafe housing, lack of clean drinking water and limited access to health care and education.

Demand a Living Wage! from Clean Clothes Campaign on Vimeo.

From Clean Clothes Campaign

Stop Nespressure on Indonesian Nescafé Workers - Tell Nestlé to Stop Harassing and Start Negotiating!

Read on and support the Nestlé workers in Indonesian...

Call on adidas not to discriminate against union leaders and to re-employ union officials from the PT Spotec and PT Panarub suppliers.

Support the union leaders today and write to adidas today!
Take action now at: http://www.cleanclothes.org/urgent/09-02-11.htm#action

In its glossy and well-designed publications, Adidas expresses its commitment to improving its social and environmental performance, acknowledging its responsibility to "take action and encourage others in our supply chain to take action if we are to make a difference and become a sustainable business."

Now is the time for Adidas to take action in Indonesia, where systemic violations of international labour standards--like those at Adidas suppliers PT Spotec and PT Dong Joe--profoundly affect the lives and well-being of workers.

Take action now at: http://www.cleanclothes.org/urgent/08-04-09.htm#action

Indonesian workers damand Nike protect jobs