Blinded by Patriotism

^{made in China}

Shane Wealti @ Dane101:

The allegations of misconduct stem from an incident in 2002 where workers in El Salvador were laid off when Hermosa Manufacturing closed. The closing of the factory left 260 workers jobless and with nearly $1 million owed in severance pay and back wages. Adidas claims that they are not responsible for providing back wages or severance pay to the workers because the workers were employed by Hermosa Manufacturing, the subcontractor, and that they paid the money to Hermosa.

Many members of the Labor Licensing Policy Committee indicated that they were skeptical of this justification because, if true, it would mean that the UW code of conduct for licensees has little meaning because any labor infraction could be blamed on a subcontractor.

Download mp3:

Company Flow, "Patriotism" [z-share-d]

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