Workers of the Adidas supplier Sports City conglomerate are
asking the brand to mediate in their urgent demands in the light of the grave
impact of the covid pandemic on their working and living conditions. Sports
City’s factories are located in the Mactan Cebu Economic Zone, employ some
16,000 workers and at present manufactures for Adidas, Under Armour, Lululemon and Saucony. The conglomerate is mainly comprised of Mactan Apparel, Metrowear,
Feeder Apparel, Global Manufacturing, Vertex One and Global Warehouse.
1.
Aid
Conversion of PhP 2,000 loan
provided by Sports City into a grant and additional PhP 2,000 subsidy to
workers. This will provide relief to workers who have become indebted due to
the no work, no pay policy during the two-month lockdown. The 5 kilos of rice
and several pieces of canned goods given at the start of the lockdown was an
advance on the Christmas package. Thus Sports City has really extended
assistance that it will not charge to workers’ existing benefits. But aid is
urgently needed as until now a large number of Sports City workers are not
working as the factory is not in full operation. Further some 80% of Sports
City workers did not receive any assistance from government.
2.
Safety committee
Formation of a safety committee
as provided for in the law with the mandate to ensure workers’ voice in the
enforcement of occupational health and safety rules. The recent controversy in
which the company threatened an anonymous worker with legal action reveals that
lack of transparency naturally breeds issues. The anonymous worker made a post
about two Sports City workers who returned to work but was found infected with
covid.
3.
Production order
Commitment by Adidas to maintain
production orders in Sports City to ensure jobs for workers. Workers of Mactan
apparel are presently on rotation while Metrowear workers will on rotation starting
in July. Workers in Global Wear Warehouse had been told that Adidas wants to
relocate production to Cambodia allegedly because of less disruption due to
covid. Workers will view any relocation of order by Adidas as condoning union
busting by the Sports City.
4.
Freedom of association
The provision about Sports City
respecting freedom of association in compliance with brand commitment has been
deleted in the latest copy of the company rules and regulations (CRR). The
statement of respect for FOA was previously included in the CRR distributed to
all workers. Workers view this as a union busting maneuver by Sports City.
25 June 2020
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