In China, however, this situation is currently not possible as workers are denied their fundamental rights to form their own independent unions and negotiate with their companies.
The Olympic Games is both a symbolic and a practical opportunity to ensure that these global sporting games live up to the ideals enshrined in the Olympic charter and that people who enjoy the games can also know that the souvenirs and garments they wear are produced in factories where basic human dignity and labour rights are respected Sporting bodies, such as the International Olympic Committee, through their sponsorship and licensing arrangements, and the totality of those companies which market or produce sportswear, athletic footwear and other sporting goods should take far greater responsibility for labour practices than they do now.
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