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GU Cancelled Contract Despite Adidas’ Assurances

By Hiromi Oka January 18, 2013

Before the university terminated its licensing contract with Adidas Jan. 14, the sportswear giant attempted to defuse Georgetown’s concerns about employee severance at the former Indonesian plant...

One Year Later, GU Scraps Adidas

By Hiromi Oka January 15, 2013

The university has cut its contract with Adidas one year after the sportswear company was accused of violating Georgetown’s Code of Conduct for Licensees. The Worker Rights Consortium accused Adidas...

Committee Asks GU to Cut Adidas

By Hiromi Oka October 12, 2012

The Licensing Oversight Committee unanimously recommended that the university terminate its contract with Adidas by Dec. 15 due to the company’s violation of Georgetown’s Code of Conduct for Licensees. According...

GU Enables Adidas Abuse

By The Editorial Board September 28, 2012

It’s been over nine months since the Worker Rights Consortium discovered that Adidas, which has a contract with Georgetown, owes workers in Indonesia $1.8 million in back wages. We’re still waiting...

GU Faces Moral Decision

By The Editorial Board April 24, 2012

Actions speak louder than words, but sometimes inaction speaks even louder. Last Wednesday, a group of about 20 members of the Georgetown Solidarity Committee led protests against adidas, which is...

GU Still Investigating Labor Abuse Claims

By Sarah Patrick April 22, 2012

Despite the Georgetown Solidarity Committee’s protests last Wednesday, the university has not yet responded to alleged labor rights abuses by the apparel company adidas. In a letter released Thursday,...

GSC Members Protest Labor Rights Abuses

By Mariah Byrne April 20, 2012

About 20 members of the Georgetown Solidarity Committee protested alleged labor rights abuses by Georgetown licensee Adidas in front of University President John J. DeGioia’s office Wednesday afternoon. According...

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