Puma sponsors Olympic teams and star athletes around the world. But it is unlikely that even these finely conditioned athletes could keep pace with Puma's workers in China, forced to work up to 16.5 hours a day, from 7:30 a.m. to midnight, six or seven days a week, for wages of just 31 cents an hour.
In a very direct sense, these workers in China are toiling for the Puma Corporation, for the athletes Puma sponsors, and for us- for the consumers who purchase their products. In fact, the workers in China are carrying Puma on their backs.

Puma is making a net profit of $12.24 per hour on each worker in China making their sneakers...

Puma should seriously address these human rights issues: the right to earn at least subsistence level wages, freedom of association, and the right to organize- but should do so in reality, with concrete actions and not just words.

The National Labor Committee, China Labor Watch and many other human rights organizations are ready to meet with Puma on these issues anytime, anywhere.

Please visit the campaign site for the report, more information, and updates as they come in.http://www.nlcnet.org/campaigns/puma04/

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