Workers: Sweating For The Olympics
UK national speaker tour, 6-11 June 2010
London, 7 June 17.30-19.00 (TUC/Labour Behind the Label event)
Council Chamber, TUC, Congress House, Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3LS http://www.tuc.org.uk/the_tuc/about_contact.cfm
Speakers:
Lilis Mahmudah, NEC member, Serikat Pekerja Nasional (Textile and Garment Trade Union), Indonesia
Frances O’ Grady, Deputy General Secretary, TUC
Doug Miller, Professor in Ethical Fashion, University of Northumbria.
Followed by Q&As
RSVP with full name to Sharon Sukhram Free admission DOWNLOAD FLYER
London, 8 June 18.00-20.30 (NUJ/TUC journalist event)
Room 4, TUC, Congress House, Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3LS http://www.tuc.org.uk/the_tuc/about_contact.cfm
Speakers:
Lilis Mahmudah, NEC member, Serikat Pekerja Nasional (Textile and Garment Trade Union), Indonesia
Michelle Stanistreet, Deputy General Secretary, NUJ
Sharon Sukhram, Playfair 2012 Campaign Co-ordinator, TUC
Followed by Q&As and interviews with Lilis Mahmudah (through an interpreter)
RSVP with full name to Pat Brown Free admission DOWNLOAD FLYER
East Midlands, 9 June, 14.00-15.30, Community, TUC and Labour Behind the Label event
Venue: Teversal Visitors Centre, Carnarvon Street, Teversal, Sutton – in – Ashfield, Notts, NG17 3HJ http://www.teversaltrails.com/find.htm
Speakers:
Tracy Clarke, NEC member, Community
Lilis Mahmudah, NEC member, Serikat Pekerja Nasional (Textile and Garment Trade Union), Indonesia
Sharon Sukhram, Playfair 2012 Campaign Co-ordinator, TUC
RSVP with full name to Ginny Pope Free Admission DOWNLOAD FLYER
Newcastle, 10 June 17.30-19.00 (PCS, UNISON, ITGLWF, TUC event)
TUC, 5th Floor, Commercial Union House, 39 Pilgrim Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 6QE http://www.tuc.org.uk/tuc/regions_info_northern.cfm
Lilis Mahmudah, NEC member, Serikat Pekerja Nasional (Textile and Garment Trade Union), Indonesia
Doug Miller, Professor in Ethical Fashion, University of Northumbria
Sharon Sukhram, Playfair 2012 Campaign Co-ordinator, TUC
Followed by Q&As
RSVP with full name to Melanie Lowden Free admission DOWNLOAD FLYER
Scotland, 11 June 12.30-14.00
STUC Centre, 333 Woodlands Road, Glasgow G3 6NG
http://www.stuc.org.uk/contact
Lilis Mahmudah NEC member, Serikat Pekerja Nasional (Textile and Garment Trade Union), Indonesia
Dave Moxham, Deputy General Secretary, STUC
Sharon Sukhram, Playfair 2012 Campaign Co-ordinator, TUC
Ashling Seely, Policy Assistant to the General Secretary, International Textile, Garment and Leather Workers Federation
Followed by Q&As
RSVP with full name to Sandra Walker Free admission DOWNLOAD FLYER
The Olympics is a multi-million dollar industry, yet most workers producing sportswear and Olympic souvenirs for sale on our high streets continue to be paid poverty wages and work in degrading conditions. Playfair found 12-year-old child workers, adults earning 14p an hour, and employees made to work up to 15 hours a day, seven days a week, producing Olympic merchandise.
But it shouldn’t be this way. It’s time for the organisers of the London Games, the sportswear industry and the International Olympic Committee to take responsibility for the working conditions in the global supply chains producing these goods.
As workers, trade unionists, students and consumers, we are linked to the millions of workers employed in these supply chains. Acting together, we have the power to bring about change and demand that London 2012 is the first ethical Olympics – providing Decent Work and dignity for all.
Find out more about the issues facing workers employed in supply chains producing sportswear and Olympic merchandise. Discover how you can get involved in the Playfair 2012 campaign and make a real difference to the lives of millions of mainly female workers, who help to make the Olympics possible.