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Article

18 Jun 2007

Author:
National Labour Committee

Daisy Fuentes Clothing Sewn in Guatemalan Sweatshop

Abusive and illegal conditions endured by young women sewing daisy fuentes garments & other labels...Workers cheated of healthcare and pensions...injured and sick workers denied healthcare and fired without legal severance...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...The Daisy Fuentes label has been sewn at the Fribo factory for at least two years...Daisy Fuentes is a private label sold exclusively at Kohl’s...A group of Fribo workers have written a letter to Daisy Fuentes to ask her help in ending the abuses at the factory [link provided in the article]. 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...