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	<description>Campaigning for a sweat free Olympics</description>
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		<title>Fair Games? Human Rights of Workers in Olympic 2012 Supplier Factories</title>
		<link>http://www.playfair2012.org.uk/2012/05/fair-games-human-rights-of-workers-in-olympic-2012-supplier-factories/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 May 2012 23:01:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anna</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Adidas]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[london]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Workers making Olympic sportswear for London 2012 for top brands and high street names including Adidas and Next are being paid poverty wages, forced to work excessive overtime and threatened with instant dismissal if they complain about working conditions, according to a new report.
The Fair Games? report investigated working conditions in 10 sportswear factories in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Indonesian workers making Adidas Olympic kit 65-hours a week for 34p an hour</title>
		<link>http://www.playfair2012.org.uk/2012/04/indonesian-workers-making-adidas-olympic-kit-65-hours-a-week-for-34p-an-hour/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2012 11:39:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anna</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A recent investigation by The Independent reveals workers at nine Indonesian factories contracted to produce Olympic shoes and clothing for Adidas are working up to 65-hour weeks and earning as little as 34p an hour.
None of the nine factories pays its employees a living wage – one of the cornerstones of the Ethical Trading Initiative [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Over 6000 action postcards and petitions delivered!</title>
		<link>http://www.playfair2012.org.uk/2012/04/over-6000-action-postcards-and-petitions-delivered/</link>
		<comments>http://www.playfair2012.org.uk/2012/04/over-6000-action-postcards-and-petitions-delivered/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Apr 2012 14:06:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anna</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.playfair2012.org.uk/?p=2442</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Following some months of collecting cards and petitions from supporters around the country, Playfair campaign representatives held an awareness raising action in Covent Garden last Wednesday (4th April). Over 6000 signed postcards and petitions were delivered to adidas, Nike and Speedo shops in the vicinity calling on brands to: pay workers a living wage, take [...]]]></description>
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		<title>International Olympic Committee &#8211; abdicating responsibility</title>
		<link>http://www.playfair2012.org.uk/2012/03/international-olympic-committee-abdicating-responsibility/</link>
		<comments>http://www.playfair2012.org.uk/2012/03/international-olympic-committee-abdicating-responsibility/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Mar 2012 14:43:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sharon Sukhram</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What do you expect from the International Olympic Committee (IOC), as head of the Olympic family and owner of the Olypmic symbols, when it comes to respecting workers&#8217; rights?
Well, Playfair 2012 expects the IOC to show leadership for starters. No where in the IOC&#8217;s Code of Ethics does it mention respect for the human rights of workers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Action closing…Tell Adidas, Nike and Speedo to stop fooling around with workers’ rights!</title>
		<link>http://www.playfair2012.org.uk/2012/03/action-closing%e2%80%a6tell-adidas-nike-and-speedo-to-stop-fooling-around-with-workers%e2%80%99-rights/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2012 14:18:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sharon Sukhram</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.playfair2012.org.uk/?p=2407</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Playfair 2012’s online/card action calls on Adidas (the official sportswear sponsor for London 2012), Nike and Speedo (Pentland) to:

pay a living wage
take a positive approach to trade unions
provide job security
build long-term relationships with their suppliers.

This action will be closing on 1 April 2012, after which thousands of cards signed by Playfair 2012 supporters will be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Olympic worker: “Sometimes I buy a lottery ticket and hope I get some luck.”</title>
		<link>http://www.playfair2012.org.uk/2012/03/olympic-worker-%e2%80%9csometimes-i-buy-a-lottery-ticket-and-hope-i-get-some-luck-%e2%80%9d/</link>
		<comments>http://www.playfair2012.org.uk/2012/03/olympic-worker-%e2%80%9csometimes-i-buy-a-lottery-ticket-and-hope-i-get-some-luck-%e2%80%9d/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Mar 2012 17:01:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sharon Sukhram</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.playfair2012.org.uk/?p=2389</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Extracts from Toying with Workers’ Rights (Play Fair, 2012) 
The Olympic movement states that it aims to “build a better world through sport”, but for  workers making the Olympic mascots and London 2012 pin badges, this translates into poverty pay, long hours and poor health and safety.
Wang, 29 years old, works in a factory which made [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Brazil: New law aims to limit right to strike during major sporting events</title>
		<link>http://www.playfair2012.org.uk/2012/03/brazil-new-law-aims-to-limit-right-to-strike-during-major-sporting-events/</link>
		<comments>http://www.playfair2012.org.uk/2012/03/brazil-new-law-aims-to-limit-right-to-strike-during-major-sporting-events/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2012 16:11:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sharon Sukhram</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.playfair2012.org.uk/?p=2384</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[February 28th, 2012 
A new law, PLS728-11, that has being analyzed by the Commission of Education, Culture and Sports of the Brazilian upper legislative house .It aims to “improve the safety of the Confederations Cup 2013 and World Cup 2014″ creating 8 new types of crimes and changing the regulation of the right to strike [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Race to the Bottom&#8217; report exposes exploitation in Bangladesh</title>
		<link>http://www.playfair2012.org.uk/2012/03/race-to-the-bottom-report-exposes-exploitation-in-bangladesh/</link>
		<comments>http://www.playfair2012.org.uk/2012/03/race-to-the-bottom-report-exposes-exploitation-in-bangladesh/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Mar 2012 14:45:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anna</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Adidas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bangladesh]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nike]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Puma]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.playfair2012.org.uk/?p=2376</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Olympic sponsor Adidas, and Sportswear brands Nike and Puma, have been put under pressure to take a stand on labour rights after a new report was published showing their workers in Bangladesh are beaten, verbally abused, underpaid and overworked.
The report, Race to the Bottom, from the charity War on Want who are members of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>London 2012 publishes factory locations producing Olympic goods in the UK and China</title>
		<link>http://www.playfair2012.org.uk/2012/02/london-2012-publishes-factory-locations-producing-olympic-goods-in-the-uk-and-china/</link>
		<comments>http://www.playfair2012.org.uk/2012/02/london-2012-publishes-factory-locations-producing-olympic-goods-in-the-uk-and-china/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Feb 2012 16:54:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sharon Sukhram</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.playfair2012.org.uk/?p=2358</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The organisers of the London Games have today (24.2.12) published the names and addresses of factories in the UK and China producing Olympic goods until June 2012, covering 72% of production. This follows the ground-breaking agreement signed between the TUC/Playfair 2012 campaign and the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games (LOCOG).
The Playfair 2012 campaign recognises [...]]]></description>
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		<title>London 2012 signs ground-breaking agreement with the Playfair 2012 Campaign to protect workers’ rights</title>
		<link>http://www.playfair2012.org.uk/2012/02/playfair2012agreement/</link>
		<comments>http://www.playfair2012.org.uk/2012/02/playfair2012agreement/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:01:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sharon Sukhram</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[
In response to the evidence of exploitation of workers producing goods for London 2012, detailed in the new report Toying with Workers&#8217; Rights (Play Fair, 2012), the organisers of the London Games have signed a ground-breaking agreement with the Playfair 2012 campaign to protect the rights of workers in its supply chains.
&#8220;Consumers may feel the [...]]]></description>
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