First contacted in 2003, IOC only beginning to talk of possible changes in 2016;

Lack of urgency a disgrace to the Olympics movement, say Play Fair coordinators

10 June 2008, Lausanne – Play Fair 2008 activists were at the International Olympic Committee’s headquarters today to press Jacques Rogge, head of the Olympic movement’s top organization to take long overdue action on the problem of labour rights violations where Olympic merchandise is produced.

“The IOC has had years to consider these issues yet continues to delay – their response to the labor rights crisis in the production of Olympic goods is inadequate and risks tarnishing the reputation of the Olympic Movement,” said Esther de Haan, in Switzerland today to hand over the signatures of more than 12,000 people from 99 countries wordwide who participated in Play Fair’s alternative Olympic torch relay to carry a labour rights message to the IOC.

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