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Fortune
Chris Morris

End of Adidas and Kanye West partnership costs 142 people their job

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While the implosion of Kanye West’s partnership with Adidas following the singer’s anti-Semitic comments has largely been focused on shoes and dollar amounts, there’s a labor toll as well.

A manufacturing plant that has been making the Yeeezy Foam Runner since April 2020 has laid off 142 workers, two-thirds of its workforce after Adidas terminated the brand.

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