PT Kizone

The owner of PT Kizone fled Indonesia in Janaury 2011 without paying workers $3.3 million in legally mandated severance. More than 2,800 workers were affected.

Read More:

• Distribution of Funds to PT Kizone Workers as per the Union’s Agreement with adidas – August 9, 2013
• Impact of Nonpayment of Severance on Families of PT Kizone Workers – March 26, 2013
• PT Kizone: adidas’ Ongoing Failure to Remediate – October 23, 2012
• WRC Comments on adidas’ Recent Communication to Universities re PT Kizone – October 5, 2012
• Letter from Kizone Union to adidas – July 8, 2012
• Letter from Kizone Union to adidas – June 6, 2012
• WRC Update Report re PT Kizone (Indonesia) – May 15, 2012
• Letter from Kizone Union to adidas – April 4, 2012
• WRC Assessment re PT Kizone (Indonesia) – January 18, 2012
• WRC Update: Adidas’ Relationship with PT Kizone – January 5, 2012
• WRC Update – PT Kizone – November 21, 2011
• Workers at PT Kizone Still Owed $1.8 Million; No Action from adidas and Dallas Cowboys – July 26, 2011
• WRC Update: PT Kizone (Indonesia) – June 10, 2011
• Workers Owed $2.3 Million by Supplier to Nike, adidas, Dallas Cowboys – May 9, 2011

In the News:

• “Adidas insurance fund for workers,” Ecotextile News – October 16, 2012
• “US University Pressures Indonesian Companies to Compensate Workers,” The Jakarta Globe – February 15, 2012
• “On Campus: UW-Madison Will Give Adidas Until Feb. 2 to Respond to Allegations,” Wisconsin State Journal – January 20, 2012
• “Ward: Adidas Has Two Weeks to Reply to Labor Allegations,” The Badger Herald – January 20, 2012
• “Campus Connection: Sweatshop Allegations Against Adidas Will Test UW-Madison,” The Capital Times – January 19, 2012