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		<title>Playfair Brazil and Playfair 2012: joining forces in the UK to protect workers’ rights</title>
		<link>http://www.playfair2012.org.uk/2011/12/playfair-brazil-and-playfair-2012-joining-forces-in-the-uk-to-protect-workers%e2%80%99-rights/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 14:27:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sharon Sukhram</dc:creator>
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The Playfair Brazil, Playfair 2012 and international Play Fair campaigns came together in London from 12-14 December 2011, to exchange top tips and share lessons about how to ensure that the rights of workers delivering the Olympics and World Cup are protected for future games.

The delegation included Manoel Messias, National Secretary, Central Única dos Trabalhadores; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Adidas, Nike and Speedo: still lightweights on respecting workers&#8217; rights</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 13:20:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sharon Sukhram</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Playfair 2012 and the international Play Fair campaign have maintained regular dialogue with Adidas, the official sportswear sponsor for London 2012; Nike and Pentland (makers of Speedo) on respecting workers&#8217; rights in their global supply chains. Dialogue has focused on our key demands &#8211; paying a living wage; taking a positive approach to trade unionism; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>$1.8 million owed to PT Kizone workers</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 13:24:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anna</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In January, 2,800 workers sewing apparel for Adidas and  NIKE at the PT Kizone factory in Indonesia were laid off after their  factory shut down abruptly. Nearly half a year’s wages were left unpaid, amounting to around $3.3 million in legally owed severance pay.
Sportwear brands Adidas and NIKE had been sourcing from PT [...]]]></description>
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		<title>From Turkey to London 2012; campaigning for a sweat-free Olympics</title>
		<link>http://www.playfair2012.org.uk/2011/11/from-turkey-to-london-2012-campaigning-for-a-sweat-free-olympics/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 13:55:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sharon Sukhram</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Workers making sportswear for the major brands should have their rights respected. But this continues to be a distant reality for many workers. With the London Games just around the corner, Olympic values like respect, equality and fair play, should extend to the workers who help make the Games possible. 


Interview with Asalettin Arslanoglu, Director of Organising, Textile, Knitting and Clothing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Qatar: No World Cup without labour rights</title>
		<link>http://www.playfair2012.org.uk/2011/11/qatar-no-world-cup-without-labour-rights/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 16:46:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sharon Sukhram</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Brussels, 17 November 2011 (ITUC OnLine):  The International Trade Union Confederation, Building and Wood Workers International and the Swiss Union Unia met with FIFA General Secretary Jerome Valcke at FIFA headquarters today, to inform him that unless Qatar upholds labour rights,  the international trade union movement will campaign against the 2022 World Cup being held [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Workers supplying Olympic sponsor have union crushed</title>
		<link>http://www.playfair2012.org.uk/2011/11/workers-supplying-olympic-sponsor-have-union-crushed/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Nov 2011 11:04:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anna</dc:creator>
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Former Adidas supplier sacked Turkish workers fighting to improve their conditions, it is claimed
Article by Jerome Taylor published in The Independent on Tuesday 25th October &#8211; Read full article here

Workers at a Turkish factory supplying clothing  material for the Olympics have spoken out about a campaign of  intimidation and union-breaking which cast a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In pictures: Made in Cambodia</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2011 16:16:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anna</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The images below are taken from a series of images shot in Phnom Penh in Cambodia in September 2011. These document the lives of a group of women garment workers who are employed in the Shen Zhou garment factory, a supplier for Adidas&#8217;s 2012 Olympics range.



Prem Sreyroth (right), a 24-year-old 	worker has been working at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Playfair teaching resource: Fair&#8217;s Fair &#8211; life and rights in the global sports industry</title>
		<link>http://www.playfair2012.org.uk/2011/10/new-playfair-teaching-resource-fairs-fair-life-and-rights-in-the-global-sports-industry/</link>
		<comments>http://www.playfair2012.org.uk/2011/10/new-playfair-teaching-resource-fairs-fair-life-and-rights-in-the-global-sports-industry/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Oct 2011 14:48:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sharon Sukhram</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For World Day for Decent Work, 7 Oct 2011, Playfair 2012 is launching Fair&#8217;s Fair &#8211; life and rights in the global sports industry &#8211; a new interactive, cross-curriculum teaching resource for 9 to 14 year olds.
The London 2012 Olympics provides a fantastic opportunity for pupils to learn more about who makes the sportswear and sporting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Anti-Slavery International launches Slavery-Free London campaign</title>
		<link>http://www.playfair2012.org.uk/2011/10/anti-slavery-international-launches-slavery-free-london-campaign/</link>
		<comments>http://www.playfair2012.org.uk/2011/10/anti-slavery-international-launches-slavery-free-london-campaign/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Oct 2011 14:24:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sharon Sukhram</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Playfair 2012 partner, Anti-Slavery International, has launched The Slavery-Free London campaign. The campaign aims to draw attention to the potential risk of an increase in modern slavery connected to the 2012 Games, and ensure more is done to put a stop it in the run up to, during and after the Games.
Although human trafficking and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Playfair 2012 student speaker tour, 10-16th October 2011</title>
		<link>http://www.playfair2012.org.uk/2011/10/playfair-2012-student-speaker-tour-10-16th-october-2011/</link>
		<comments>http://www.playfair2012.org.uk/2011/10/playfair-2012-student-speaker-tour-10-16th-october-2011/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Oct 2011 16:22:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anna</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ In October, Turkish trade union activist Asalettin Arslanoglu will be touring UK universities to share first hand stories of life in the Turkish textile sector and workers’ struggles to win decent working conditions.
Asalettin is Director of Organising, at the Textile Knitting and Clothing Workers&#8217; Union of Turkey and has regular contact with  workers making [...]]]></description>
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