A group of 37 protestors demonstrating against Adidas about wage theft in its supply chain interrupted the seventh annual Sustainable Fashion Forum (SAF) last weekend in Portland after a similar uproar disrupted another Three Stripes event in March in Oregon’s biggest city.
Organized by the #PayYourWorkers campaign, the Earth Day demonstration on April 22 occurred just before a panel with Stand.earth and Canopy that aimed to discuss positive change through collaboration between fashion brands and activist groups.
According to #PayYourWorkers, Adidas currently owes over $11.7 million in wages to Cambodian garment workers in eight supplier factories.
In full: https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/adidas-protest-crashes-sustainable-fashion-143649001.html
