Adidas, the new provider of gear for Michigan sports teams, is under attack on other college campuses for several cases of labor malpractice and human rights violations.
The labor standards in the University of Michigan’s Adidas contract are nearly identical to those found in the contracts that those universities have with Adidas. There is almost no change in labor standards from the University’s previous contract with Nike. The University has often come under attack from activists who say it doesn’t hold its apparel suppliers to high enough labor standards.