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Child Labour and Labour Rights in the Sporting Goods Industry   (28.05.02)
Child Labour and Labour Rights in the Sporting Goods Industry
from the India Commitee of the Netherlands

Conclusion
Although progress has been made with regard to elimination of child labour and provision of better wages through monitoring and setting up of stitching centres and units, the actual labour conditions do not yet reflect the FIFA agreement with sporting goods companies. Child labour is prevalent and other labour standards are still grossly violated. The inspection system not only shows severe shortcomings with regard to its present mandate (elimination of child labour), but also lacks the mandate from SGFI to monitor all rights at work that are part of the present contract between FIFA and the sporting goods companies. The presence of UNICEF and Save the Children in the SGFI Steering Committee does not seem to make a difference in this respect.

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