Peuples Solidaires - the French affiliate of the Clean Clothes Campaign- have launched a popular campaign in support of Indonesian workers, previously employed at the Spotec and Dong Joe factories. These factories closed suddenly when adidas withdrew their orders at the end of 2006. 

700 people have emailed the Spotec and Dong Joe workers in the past 4 weeks letting them know that they support the workers' struggle and that they have asked adidas to take immediate action to implement the workers concerns.

Oxfam Australia is concerned that adidas is back-tracking on previous commitments made to Spotec workers.

Adidas have yet to implement their own promises which include:

• the prioritisation of work for ex Spotec workers at their Ching Luh supplier factory;
• fairness and transparency in this process of prioritisation;
• new interview times for the 150 workers who Ching Luh failed to contact in the first round of interviews
• protecting the employment opportunities of union officials

In addition to our concerns about adidas backtracking on its commitments, we also have concerns about Ching Luh’s track record of treatment of workers in their factories in Vietnam and China.

Oxfam Australia will continue to do everything we can to ensure the livelihoods of the ex Spotec and ex Dong Joe workers are protected and to hold adidas accountable to its own promises, the promises it has made to external stakeholders and most importantly the promises it has made to workers who produce their products.