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Daisy Fuentes Clothing Sewn in Guatemalan Sweatshop Print this Article Daisy Fuentes Clothing Sewn in Guatemalan Sweatshop The workers are seeking her help June 18, 2007 a report by National Labor Committee & Center for the Study & Support of Local Development (CEADEL) --- 6/16/2007: Letter from Fribo workers to Daisy Fuentes 6/18/2007: Action Alert! Please help! Write a letter to Daisy Fuentes on behalf of the workers sewing her clothing label. 6/21/2007: Daisy Fuentes Workers in Honduras also in Crisis 6/21/2007: Fribo Worker Receives Death Threat for Exposing Violations --- SUMMARY Fribo Factory in Guatemala Abusive and Illegal Conditions Endured by Young Women Sewing Daisy Fuentes Garments & Other Labels z Forced overtime: Routine daily shifts from 7:20 a.m. to 6:30 or 7:15 p.m. with workers toiling 60 hours or more a week. All overtime is mandatory. z Cheated on overtime pay: Overtime hours are not properly recorded or paid for. z Trapped in poverty: Ninety-cent minimum wage traps families in poverty, unable to meet school expenses for their children. z Workers cheated of healthcare and pensions; women denied paid maternity leave and care for their children; injured and sick workers denied healthcare and fired without legal severance: For years, management has stolen the healthcare and pension fees deducted from workers wages. These fees were supposed to be transferred to the Guatemalan Institute for Social Security, but the workers and their children were left without access to healthcare, despite the fact that they paid for it. Pension monies have also been stolen. Workers injured on the job and those falling ill not only fail to receive proper healthcare, but will be fired without the severance pay legally due them. z Constant pressure and abuse: Women especially endure constant abuse and humiliation, as management curses and shouts at them every day to work faster at completing their excessive mandatory production targets. Grown women are brought to tears under these conditions. z Paid 25 cents for each Daisy Fuentes blouse: Workers are paid just 25 cents for each $22 to $38 Daisy Fuentes blouse they sew, meaning their wages amount to one percent or less of the retail price of the garment. z Exit doors locked: Three exit doors at the Fribo factory are kept locked. z Hot, noisy and dusty: The factory is hot, noisy and the air is heavy with fabric dust due to inadequate ventilation. z Filthy drinking water: Access to clean drinking water is limited, regularly leaving the workers with only contaminated water to drink, which often makes them sick. z Dirty bathrooms lacking toilet paper: The bathrooms are filthy, lacking toilet paper or soap. Anyone spending more than five minutes away from their work station will be punished. z Workers physically searched four times a day: Guards search the workers to take candy, cell phones or even medicine away from them, and to check that they are not leaving with scraps of fabric. z Talking prohibited: Talking during working hours is strictly prohibited. z Eating lunch sitting on the factory floor: There is no cafeteria space in the factory, leaving the workers with just two options—they can take their lunch sitting on the factory floor, or go outside to sit in the dirt along the side of the road. z Fined six hours’ wages for arriving five minutes late: The workers can be fined the equivalent of six hours’ wages as punishment for arriving five minutes late in the morning. Workers who misplace their ID cards can lose two days’ wages. z Corporate monitoring is a joke: Before North American visitors arrive, the factory is cleaned, purified drinking water is provided in abundance, along with soap and toilet paper. Workers are coached and instructed to lie to the auditors. Worker interviews are conducted in front of management. Every worker knows that if they speak the truth about abusive conditions in the factory, they will be immediately fired. z Workers are terrified, with nowhere to turn: The legal right to organize does not exist at the Fribo factory. It is impossible for the workers even to discuss organizing a union. The workers are in a trap, suffering the constant violations, but with nowhere to turn, since they and their families desperately need these jobs. The workers exist in a constant state of terror, afraid to speak out lest they be fired. z Headaches, sore throats and back pain: At the end of the long shift, workers complain of headaches due to the heat and constant pressure, sore throats from the fabric's dust, and arm, leg and back pain due to the furious pace of the work done while sitting 12 hours on hard wooden benches with no backs or cushions. z A group of Fribo workers have written a letter to Daisy Fuentes to ask her help in ending the abuses at the factory. Letter from workers to Daisy Fuentes. Fribo S.A. Kilometer 36.6 Carretera Interamericana Santa Maria Cauque, Santiago Sacatepequez Guatemala Phone: (502) 787-93561 (502) 787-93563 Fax: (502) 787-93559 Ownership: Korean Manager: Yook Ryan Ha Legal Representative: Mynor Daniel Garcia Salazar Email: [email protected] Number of workers: Currently there are approximately 500 workers in the plant, 70 percent of whom are young women, 20 to 30 years of age. There are also many 16 and 17-year-old minors working at the plant. The factory was opened in 1999 under the name Modas Cocos S.A. Labels: Currently (June 2007) the Fribo factory is producing garments for the following labels: z Daisy Fuentes: Women’s blouse. The Daisy Fuentes label has been sewn at the Fribo factory for at least two years, beginning in 2005. The label is produced year round, with breaks of at most two or three weeks between styles. Each style run is between 40,000 and 80,000 units. Workers estimate that Daisy Fuentes production accounts for 13 to 38 percent of total factory output. Daisy Fuentes is a private label sold exclusively at Kohl’s. z Wet Seal: Women’s “baby-doll cami” and t- shirt pullovers. z Filia: T-shirts with and without sleeves and a blouse with hood and sleeves. z Recently the Maurice’s label was also produced at Fribo—a basic t-shirt. (Maurice’s is owned by Dress Barn.) z In the past, the Fribo factory has also produced garments for One Step Up, Pretty Girl (Trends Sportswear Ltd.), Paul Gottlieb & Company and Ikeddi Enterprises Inc. Daisy Fuentes – Actress and Model Daisy Fuentes was born in Cuba, but moved with her family to Harrison, New Jersey when she was seven years old. Ms. Fuentes graduated from Harrison High School and studied at Bergen Community College. After a stint at Telemundo, Ms. Fuentes became a rising star at MTV. She also appeared in the ABC soap opera Loving. Ms. Fuentes has hosted America’s Funniest Home Videos, as well as the Miss USA and Miss Universe pageants, and Dick Clark’s New Years Rockin’ Eve. Ms. Fuentes received the Human Spirit Award from the Los Angeles’ Wellness Community for her work spreading breast cancer awareness, especially in the Latino community. Daisy Fuentes and Kohl’s On January 29, 2004, Kohl’s announced its plan to launch and hold exclusive rights to a new fashion line of women’s clothing produced under the Daisy Fuentes label. Mr. Fuentes would oversee the development of the fashions. According to Kohl’s Corporation news release: “Daisy Fuentes has strong name recognition among Kohl’s female shoppers and our research shows that she appeals to a broad cross-section of Kohl’s shoppers.” In the same press release, Daisy Fuentes is quoted as saying, “When you’re looking great, chances are you’re feeling great about who you are. My new line consists of modern options that make looking stylish simple.” According to Kohl’s, “The clothing line is being licensed and manufactured by New York-based Regatta USA.” Kohl’s described itself as a “family-focused, value-oriented specialty department store.” Shipping data based on U.S. Customs documents show several shipments in October 2006 from the Fribo factory to the New York City-based, Regatta company, which licenses and manufactures the Daisy Fuentes label. In just a two week period, from October 4 to 18, Regatta imported $219,500-worth of women’s blouses from the Fribo factory. Company Contact Information: Kohl’s Department Stores Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin Media contact: Vicki Shamion, Director of Public Relations: (262) 703- NEWS Regatta 1450 Broadway, 21st Floor New York, NY 10018 Media contact: Marisa Inzucchi: (212) 840-5600 ext. 223 Daisy Fuentes Media contact: Kim Jakwerth: (212) 620-3126 Contacts for Wet Seal, Filia, Maurice’s Wet Seal, Inc. 26972 Burbank Foothill Ranch, California 92610 Phone: (866) SHOP WET SEAL Email: [email protected] Maurices Incorporated (Owned by Dress Barn) David Jaffe, CEO Dress Barn, Inc. 30 Dunnigan Drive Suffern, NY 10901 Phone: (845) 369-4500 Fax: (845) 369-4625 Filia Fabrics Inc. 5383 Alcoa Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90058 Phone: (323) 581-1800 Abusive and Illegal Conditions at the Fribo Factory Hours: z Mandatory overtime; z Routine daily shift from 7:20 a.m. to 6:30 or 7:15 p.m (11.16 to 11.92 hours); z Workers are routinely at the factory 61 ½ hours a week and up to 66 ½ hours. z The workers are certain that their overtime hours are not correctly recorded and paid; z Workers arriving five minutes late can be punished with the loss of six hours’ pay. The workers sign a contract stipulating that the regular workweek will be eight hours a day and 44 hours a week.
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