To mark World Day for Decent Work on 7 October, the Playfair 2012 campaign is launching ‘Fair’s Fair – life and rights in the global sports industry’ an interactive, cross-curriculum resource for use with 9 to 14 year olds.
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Sharon Sukhram
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Sharon Sukhram
Secrecy is not something we would usually associate with the London Olympics. But when you try to find out exactly where Olympic mascots Wenlock and Mandeville were made in China – and the working conditions in which they were produced – the chatter and sparkle of the Games quickly becomes a dark maze of dead ends.
The Playfair 2012 campaign – which the TUC coordinates – has long been calling on the organisers of the London Games to disclose their supplier list, as part of our aim to encourage the sportswear industry and the Olympic movement to ensure that workers making their goods are not exploited.
