Adidas Responds To Kampuchea Sweatshop Again

Adidas, which has invested 100 million pounds in the Olympic Games, was suddenly exposed to the Olympic Organizing Committee in Kampuchea on the eve of the Olympic Games.

Britain reported that

The group has only paid 10 pounds ($15) a week to the workers of the Kampuchea garment factory who produce London Olympic licensed goods.

Investigation.

"Adidas is confident that we are in line with the standards of the London Olympic Committee."

Adidas's public relations official in China confirmed yesterday afternoon that the Olympic products produced by Shenzhou factory in Kampuchea were licensed sports fans.

For the Olympic Organizing Committee's investigation, the official said that the average monthly wage of workers in Kampuchea Shenzhou factory was 130 US dollars, far exceeding the minimum wage standard, and emphasized that the monthly turnover rate of workers in the factory was 3.5%.

According to the wages provided by Adidas, the average weekly wage of factory workers is 32.5 dollars, equivalent to two times more than 15 dollars of "blood and sweat wages" disclosed by the media.

The Adidas public relations officer emphasized that the company will start the maximum subsidy in Kampuchea from September this year, and will ensure that its suppliers pay the increased salaries.

The spokesman for the labor union behind the trademark told the media that although the minimum wage for workers in Kampuchea is $66 per month, the minimum wage for Kampuchea families with two children should be $260 per month.

This figure is two times the monthly salary of $130 released yesterday by Adidas.

The anti poverty organization's allegation of Adidas's wages in Indonesia seems particularly annoyed.

In response to this, Adidas yesterday "strongly denied" to our reporter again, saying that the media coverage of Indonesia's wages three months ago quoted by the anti poverty organization was "totally inaccurate", and the hourly pay of those factories was nearly twice that of the index.

In addition, Adidas also clarified that Adidas did not produce the British team in Indonesia.

And it only produces a very limited number of Olympic products.