Monthly Archives: May 2009
Ups & Downs – Our Contract Factories
There are many perceptions of our contract factories. Two of them being "sweat shop" or "Shangrila". Neither are accurate. There are non compliance issues in all of our 85 or so contract factories spread across 16 countries. These challenges range from remuneration violations (e..g, … Continue reading
Update: Bike Industry – Green & Hype
Hi Everyone, I’ve temporarily removed this post because there are bigger issues behind a handful of comments I’ve received and what I’d blogged on in this orginal post. The issues are highly contentious and are tangential to MEC opening bike … Continue reading
Israel, Apartheid and Boycotts Part 3
The motion to boycott Israeli suppliers was defeated at MEC's AGM on April 30. I have a bunch of observations but will keep most of them to myself simply because if I say "low" a whole bunch of people will … Continue reading
