In August 2008, workers at a small Indonesian factory that has been producing underwear for [Pierre] Cardin for over ten years, informed us of serious violations of their rights by the factory management. When they protested against the unfair dismissal of their union leader, 447 of them were sacked. Since then the conflict has gone from bad to worse and Pierre Cardin refuses to intervene even though several appeals have been made to him in this respect.