Yeheskiel Prabowo and Ida Mustari from the Doson factory in Indonesia protesting outside the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland in January 2003. Photo: Berne Declaration.

The background:

It is predicted that this will increase dramatically after January 2005, when changes to world trade rules will give companies more freedom to decide where their clothes are produced. At that time it is likely that hundreds of thousands of workers, mainly poor women from rural areas, will lose their jobs.

No sports brand is currently willing to make sure that the workers who make their goods receive severance pay when factories close. Many of these women may be left with nothing.

Find out more about Ida's factory.

In January 2003, the Berne Declaration flew Ida Mustari and Yeheskiel Prabowo to Davos so they could debate Nike's labour practices with the company's CEO, Phillip Knight. Knight was in Davos attending the World Economic Forum, but declined to debate Ida and Prabowo.

The following speeches were made at the Public Eye on Davos Conference. You can download them as PDF files:

• Speech by Ida Mustari, who worked for nine years at the Doson factory.
• Speech by Yeheskiel Prabowo, regional union organiser for the TSK union in Indonesia
• Speech by Tim Connor, coordinator of Oxfam Community Aid Abroad's NikeWatch campaign.

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