LEF organized a protest in Solidarity with Global Week of Action

23-October-2022

Labour Education Foundation has organized a protest in front of Lahore Press Club, in solidarity with global week of action, 24th to 30th October 2022, under the campaign Pay Your Workers, to call on Adidas to respect workers’ rights in its supply chain. Over 260 civil society organizations around the world, including dozens of unions representing garment workers has been endorsed this Pay Your Workers campaign.

More than 100 garments workers participated in this protest. Participants chanted the slogans What’s disgusting, union busting, what’s outrageous, stealing wages, unionization is our right, ADIDAS stop stealing wages, implement on minimum wage.

The workers, unionists, and other activists drew the attention through the protest to the massive wage theft that occurred during the pandemic, as brands sought to exploit the global health crisis to increase profits.