Play Fair 2008

Play Fair 2008 is organized by:

The Clean Clothes Campaign (CCC), the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC), and the International Textile, Garment and Leather Worker’s Federation (ITGLWF). The campaign is also supported by a diverse coalition of organizations worldwide.

Play Fair 2008 Supporters

We support the aims and demands of the Play Fair 2008 Campaign.

We believe that sportswear and athletic footwear companies, the International Olympic Committee (IOC), National Olympics Committees, as well as national governments must take steps to eliminate the exploitation and abuse of workers in the global sporting goods industry.

We urge them to take inspiration from the spirit of the Olympics and demonstrate to the world how the principles of fair play can be extended to the workplace…

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RESPECT WORKERS’ RIGHTS IN THE GLOBAL SPORTING GOODS SECTOR!

Play Fair 2008 is an international campaign taking place in the lead up to the 2008 Olympic Games to push for respect for workers’ rights in the global sporting goods industry.

Read our complete campaign statement (pdf format), which details the steps that sportswear and athletic footwear companies, the International Olympic Committee, National Olympic Committees and national governments should take to follow up on their responsibilities to improve conditions in the sector.

Sportswear industry shamed by new allegations on working conditions

PRESS RELEASE

- “No real progress” since Athens games, say PF08 campaigners

- China: workers glueing sports shoes for less than $2 per day, stitching footballs for $0.50 each

Brussels - 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, according to a damning new report, "Clearing the Hurdles , Steps to improving working conditions in the global sportswear industry ", from Play Fair 2008 (PF08).

Play Fair Launches Alternative Olympic Flame Relay

With the start of the official Olympic Torch Relay for the Beijing Olympics only a few days away, Play Fair 2008 today launched “Catch the Flame”, an electronic relay race to bring public attention to the need for the Olympics movement to stamp out abuses of labour standards in workplaces making Olympics goods.

For more see: www.catchtheflame.org
Read the press release: Olympics: Play Fair 2008 Launches Alternative Olympic Flame

SEND A LETTER TO THE IOC

Request the IOC's immediate action to address the violation of workers' rights in their supply chains.

Rights violations at the Yue Wong Cheong company’s Shenzen facility, where 50 different items are produced under license for the 2008 Olympics, included paying workers 50% of the minimum wage, 13 hour days, health and safety problems, and using fake salary slips to hide violations from auditors sent to inspect conditions.

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Campaign demands

Specific action to be taken by the Olympic Family, the sportswear industry and governments to act on their responsibility to ensure good conditions in Olympic and sportswear supply chains.