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Union Organising around major sports events
www.playfair2008.org
Aims for the session
• Review the industry and the problem
• The campaign team
• The targets
• The objectives
• Progress so far
Sourcing Countries
80% manufactured in Asia for the US, EU and Japanese markets
The Problem
• Outsourced manufacture • Low value added• Pressure on Price• Shortening lead times• Lean manufacturing• Consolidation following expiry of the Agreement
on Textiles and Clothing 2004• Trade unions hitherto seen as an impediment to
this model.
Labour Value in Nike T Shirts
Table 1.
Plant A Plant B
Number of workers in one line or cell
6 (cell) 10 (line)
Number of T shirts per day per line/cell
900 800
Daily wage per worker US$ 17.2 US$ 13.6
T Shirts per worker 150 80
Unit Labour Cost US$ 0.11 cents US$ 0.18
From : Locke 7 Romis 2006 p.32
Wage
Profit for the brandRetail cut
Ex factory
Campaign Team 2008
Steering Committee
Lobby Group
Popular Campaigning
Group
Media & Publicity, Street campaigning
Companies & IOC/NOCs
Strategy
Targets
• Olympics family
• Sourcing Companies (brands)
• Supplier firms
• Institutional investors
• Public and all workers
• All Governments
• (Chinese Government)
Targets
International Olympics Committee
+
National Olympics Committees
+
Games Organising Committees
Sourcing Companies
Asian TNCs
What do we want to achieve
• Language in Olympic Charter
• New contractual provisions in Licensing
• IOC needs to invest in compliance
What do we want to achieve with brands and Suppliers on FOA
• Disclose locations• Freedom of Association stakeholder
meetings• Non Interference Guarantee• Access Agreements• Apply principles of ILO Convention 135• Independent structures in China
‘Non-Interference Guarantee’
• ‘In the event of a trade union organising committee being formed in my factory I hereby undertake in line with the (name of buyer) code of conduct provision on freedom of association not to victimise any workers.
• Signed ……………..Factory Manager
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