Adidas - July 1998 - Adidas asked to investigate claims of
prison-made footballs, decides to quit china, but chinese dissidents sue
adidas and urge boycott (see document)
Adidas - May 1998 - Case file of Adidas presented at the
International Tribunal for People's Rights held in Bruxelles from 30 april
to 5 may 1998 (see http://www.cleanclothes.org/1/forum1.htm
)
Levi Strauss - May 1998 - Case file of Levi's presented at
the International Tribunal for People's Rights held in Bruxelles from 30
april to 5 may 1998 (see http://www.cleanclothes.org/1/forum1.htm
)
Levis Strauss - May 1998 - The return of Levi's in China
(see document)
NIKE
Nike - September 1998 - Wages of workers producing Nike shoes
in Indonesia have dropped from $2.47/day in 1997 to 80 cents/day in 1998
(Global Exchange
report)
Nike - May 1998 - Case file of Nike presented at the International
Tribunal for People's Rights held in Bruxelles from 30 april to 5 may 1998
(see http://www.cleanclothes.org/1/forum1.htm
)
Nike - April 1998 - Nike sued over sweatshop conditions by
a couple of high powered California law firms (Bushnell, Caplan & Fielding,
LLP, of San Francisco, and Milberg Weiss Bershad Hynes & Lerach LLP
of San Diego) that outlawed Joe Camel, the cigarette marketing figure.
Here is full text of
the lawsuit in California StateCourt for false advertising
Nike - September 1997 - Campaign
for Labour Rights comments the steps taken by Nike and Reebok in
Pakistan to obtain balls not produced by children. News about Foulball
campaign.
Nike - 20th January 1997 - Detailsof Michael Jordan's profits
Nike - 7th October 1996 - Nike declines to meet the indonesian
representatives, but agrees to participate in a federal commission for
the control of working conditions abroad (see "Indonesian
worker unnerves Nike")
Walt Disney - May 1998 - Case file of Walt Disney presented
at the International Tribunal for People's Rights held in Bruxelles from
30 april to 5 may 1998 (see http://www.cleanclothes.org/1/forum1.htm
)
Walt Disney - December 1996 - The production of Walt Disney
goods in Burma, Central America and Thailand (see "Mickey
& Pocahontas labels")
OTHER ENTERPRISES
Benetton - October 1998 - Reporter
service described keis of child labour in Benetton's subcontractor
factory in Turkey
McDonald's - February 1998 - Worken beaten at Mac DonaldÕs
subcontracted factory in China (see document)
Otto - May 1998 - Case file of Otto presented at the International
Tribunal for People's Rights held in Bruxelles from 30 april to 5 may 1998
(see http://www.cleanclothes.org/1/forum1.htm
)
C&A - May 1998 - Case file of C&A presented at the
International Tribunal for People's Rights held in Bruxelles from 30 april
to 5 may 1998 (see http://www.cleanclothes.org/1/forum1.htm
)
H&M - May 1998 - Case file of H&M presented at the
International Tribunal for People's Rights held in Bruxelles from 30 april
to 5 may 1998 (see http://www.cleanclothes.org/1/forum1.htm
)
Eden Group - Brief of the Eden
group , an australian textile multinational
Gap - September 1997 -
Gap hires a public opinion company to find out what its image should
be, but NLC says if "GAP truly wants to be a good corporate citizen, it
should open its contractors' plants to independent monitoring".
Henkel - May 1995 - Last may, Henkel proposed the provision
of funds for an aid scheme for the producers of palm oil in the Philippines.
See "A Henkel proposal".
Various - December 1995 - A
very green 1995 (by Forbes, 18-12-'95). An article written by Randall
Lane and published by Forbes under the title "A very green 1995" gives
all the details of the amounts paid by sports multinationals to obtain
publicity promotion of their footwear from celebrities in the world of
sport