Michigan Daily: Mary Sue Coleman to Adidas: Compensate contractor's former workers in Indonesia

Posted on Tue, Oct 2, 2012 : 7:50 a.m.

University of Michigan President Mary Sue Coleman has complained to Adidas about the treatment of a now-defunct contractor’s former employees in Indonesia, The Michigan Daily reported.

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Mary Sue Coleman

Coleman sent a letter to Adidas, with whom U-M has a $60 million sports apparel contract, urging the company to ensure that the former workers get severance payments they’re owed after the contractor, P.T. Kizone, closed last year, the newspaper reported.

More than 2,700 have not received those payments, and Adidas has not contributed directly to a fund for them, though it has provided other assistance, The Daily reported. Adidas released a statement saying it has provided more assistance to the former workers than any other brand, according to The Daily article.

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