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Article

4 Mar 2004

Author:
Oxfam GB

Sportswear industry violates the Olympics spirit

Giant sportswear brands are violating the rights of millions of workers in order to get the latest sportswear into the shops in time for the Athens Olympics...Play Fair draws on the testimony of workers and factory managers in Bulgaria, Cambodia, Thailand, China, Indonesia and Turkey to reveal how companies such as Puma, Fila and Asics are undermining the very labour standards they claim to uphold.