FILA describes itself as more concerned with the person than the champion . The young women producing its goods, however, report working conditions that show little concern for their right to live full and dignified lives.
FILA has made impressive statements of commitment to workers rights
“[We] are dedicated to ensuring that our products are manufactured under conditions which reflect our commitment to human rights in the workplace.We support internationally-recognised norms for the safety and well-being of the individuals who are responsible for the manufacture of our products and we believe that it is incumbent upon the corporate community, including ourselves, to ensure that individuals working environments around the globe meet or exceed those norms”. (FILA US to Belgian Clean Clothes Campaign, June 04).
These, however, were far from supported by the testimonies of garment workers producing for FILA and the organisations that represented them when Labour Behind the Label produced this 2005 report.
