Protest actions in Taipei , Taiwan- 15 July 2013: Cross-Straits Labor Organizations Demand Justice Compensation for Guangzhou Workers Victimized by Taiwanese Owned Supplier to Adidas • On July 15th, at 10:30 a.m., Globalization Monitor (HK) organized a protest across the Taiwan Strait (Hong Kong, Taipei, Guangzhou, Jakarta) in coordination with Taiwanese labor organizations and Mainland Chinese workers victimized by Taiwanese owned Dynamic Precision Ltd. Indonesia PDK workers organized by GSBI had demonstrated in Jakarta on 12 July in support of Chinese workers victimized by Taiwanese suppliers to Adidas. Globalisation Monitor and other 10 labour organizations organized a protest action in front of the Adidas Asia office in Hong Kong. In the same time, various Taiwan labour organizations and Chinese workers in China protested in front the Adidas office in Taiwan and mainland China. • As labor organizations, we have called on Adidas to make changes in its policies toward such suppliers across China, by establishing a fund for compensating health care expenses that workers face due to industrial diseases, prohibit any factory operations that harm workers, and implement feasible guarantees of industrial health and safety. However, Adidas has consistently refused to answer such calls, nor made needed changes. We regard this kind of behavior as unbecoming of business leaders and are profoundly disappointed. They demanded that actions to be taken to the Taiwanese suppliers- Taiwanese owned Dynamic Precision Ltd . and Dongguan Xingang (Stella International Holdings Limited in Hong Kong), , which caused the health problems of the workers. Besides the irresponsibility it has demonstrated in China, Adidas’ production practices in Indonesia make workers there suffer. Since July last year, 1300 Indonesian PDK (Adidas supplier) workers in Jakarta have been on strike demanding unpaid wages and better working condition, but they haven’t been able to get a penny to date • These are the demands that have put forward to Adidas offices and outlets: supported by 46 labour organizations across Asia • 1) Immediately give the 3 women workers employed by Dynamic Casting who are suffering from Benzene poisoning needed hospital treatment for associated occupational diseases. • 2) Fairly and justly resolve the compensation claims made by the remaining 6 cases of workers employed by Dynamic Casting who are suffering from HAVS. • 3) Dynamic Precision Ltd. guarantee it will reform work conditions and labor practices in its factories, accept monitoring by Taiwanese labor NGOs, and ensure that it will absolutely not subject Taiwanese workers to the disastrous conditions it imposed on workers in Guangzhou. • 4) Fairly and justly address the health care needs and compensation for 3 workers suffering from Benzene Poisoning at the Taiwanese owned Dongguan Xingang Shoe Factory (Stella International Holdings Limited). • 5) Adidas establish an industrial disease compensation fund and guarantees the workplace safety of Chinese workers at its supplier factories in China. • 6) Adidas carry out an industry wide production practices reform and agree to inspections by labor NGOs globalmon.org.hk/content/petition-faced-outbreak-compensation-claims-due-occupational-diseasestaiwanese-owned-dynam-0 globalmon.org.hk/zh-hant/content/聯署聲援-爆發大量職業病，惡鮭魚鉅明溜回台灣，大牌愛迪達獎勵下單！ flickr/photos/karlmarx_75/sets/72157634650292974/
Posted on: Mon, 15 Jul 2013 11:43:16 +0000
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