Welcome to the
#SprintforAPS campaign!

This is a call to action to show solidarity with the Salvadoran working class who made Specialized’s clothes. 

For almost two years, 831 garment workers have been waiting to get paid.

These workers, mainly women, worked in the APS factory making clothing for cycling company Specialized. Today they are owed almost $660,000 in wages, and are struggling to feed their families. 

After the APS factory suddenly closed in 2022, workers were denied their unpaid wages and severance pay that Salvadoran law requires. Unfortunately, Specialized has watched this unfold and, as of today, has refused to even hear from the workers’ representatives. In fact, Specialized has blocked the email domains of several NGOs that have attempted to contact them on behalf of the workers.

As a company, Specialized has a duty to ensure that the workers who produce their clothes are treated fairly and not harmed. And with lucrative sponsorship deals with teams Soudal Quick-Step and SD Worx, the company is clearly in a position to pay the workers.

Will you help take Specialized to the finish line?

Following media attention for the case and a direct action done by cyclists at a big race in Belgium, Specialized has finally acknowledged their responsibility for the workers in El Salvador. However, their offer falls short of what the workers are entitled to, and the workers were not consulted. Read more details here. 

We are calling on customers to join our campaign. If you’re a Specialized fan or a cycling enthusiast, we want you on board!

How can I help?

• Share the link to this campaign page with anyone you know who loves to cycle

• Take part in a sponsored cycle in 2024, however big or small - like our awesome team did for the amateur Tour des Flandres! 

• Sign this petition to Specialized’s CEO

Got an idea for an action? 

If you’d like to raise awareness of this case, we are all ears. We’re at the early stages of this campaign and are eager to shape this around the interests of local communities! Please feel free to contact Priscilla at priscilla@cleanclothes.org. She’d love to hear from you. 

For more information about the case, please see this report. 

Above: Cycling enthusiasts in Los Angeles tell Specialized they won’t stand for wage theft at a December 2023 action.