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"The fight is never about grapes or lettuce. It is always about people." Cesar Chavez |
:: Wednesday, June 18, 2008 ::
Worst Sports Injury: Worker Abuse - By Tom Sandborn, TheTyee.ca
As the clock ticks down to the Beijing Olympics, workers producing for the international sportswear companies that spend millions on Olympic and athletic sponsorship deals are still working excessive hours and paid poverty wages.
This according to a damning new report, 'Clearing the Hurdles, Steps to Improving Working Conditions in the Global Sportswear Industry,' from Play Fair 2008, an umbrella group representing over a hundred union and social justice organizations around the world.
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Olympic power must be harnessed to change labour conditions: activists - The Canadian Press
VANCOUVER — The Olympic goal to improve the human race should include bettering the lives of the people who work to make it happen, say labour activists.
They're calling on Vancouver 2010 organizers to embrace stronger ethical guidelines around who produces lucrative Olympic merchandise and how it's made.------------------------------------------- posted 6:45 AM :: reference link ::
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