Our stand sent a strong signal to the committee meeting inside that workers’ rights aren’t a side issue. Representatives from PlayFair met with IOC members at the end of the demo

Playfair met with representatives of the International Olympic Committee in April 2011 while they were in the UK for a board meeting. Playfair urged them to ensure that all workplaces in Olympic and sportswear supply chains are free from poverty wages, insecure employment and excessive hours, and that workers are allowed to join/form unions. Letters calling for fair treatment for workers producing Olympic merchandise, signed by International Trade Union Confederation affiliates around the world, were handed over at the meeting.

This positive step made a start at rekindling a working relationship between the committee and international unions.

Great as tuesday was, it is only one part of a larger campaign. Let’s continue to get involved in standing up for workers’ rights worldwide. More pictures