Tell Walmart to Stop Rape and Torture of Young Women in its Factories

The Issue

Please tell Wal-Mart, Hanes, Target, Macy’s, Lands’ End, Kohl’s and Jones Group to immediately end the sexual abuse, rape, torture, and beatings of young women guest workers at the Classic factory in Jordan.

We demand that the companies:

1)  Immediately remove all serial rapists, especially Anil Santha and Priyantha, from the Classic factory;

2)  Pay significant compensation to the rape victims for the damages done them;

3)  Ensure that independent and highly respected non-governmental women’s rights organizations from Sri Lanka and Bangladesh have complete access to monitor factory conditions;

4)  Guarantee that there will be no retaliation against any worker for speaking the truth about factory conditions;

5)  Ensure that the false charges against the internationally respected human rights advocate, Mr. Rafiq Alam, must be immediately dropped;

6)  If Classic refuses to strictly enforce the worker’s rights laws in the U.S.-Jordan Free Trade Agreement, their sweatshop garments should be prohibited from entering the U.S.

 

Go to the Classic-Jordan Campaign page for a full list of reports, action alerts, news articles, testimony videos and transcripts related to this case.

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The Issue

Please tell Wal-Mart, Hanes, Target, Macy’s, Lands’ End, Kohl’s and Jones Group to immediately end the sexual abuse, rape, torture, and beatings of young women guest workers at the Classic factory in Jordan.

We demand that the companies:

1)  Immediately remove all serial rapists, especially Anil Santha and Priyantha, from the Classic factory;

2)  Pay significant compensation to the rape victims for the damages done them;

3)  Ensure that independent and highly respected non-governmental women’s rights organizations from Sri Lanka and Bangladesh have complete access to monitor factory conditions;

4)  Guarantee that there will be no retaliation against any worker for speaking the truth about factory conditions;

5)  Ensure that the false charges against the internationally respected human rights advocate, Mr. Rafiq Alam, must be immediately dropped;

6)  If Classic refuses to strictly enforce the worker’s rights laws in the U.S.-Jordan Free Trade Agreement, their sweatshop garments should be prohibited from entering the U.S.

 

Go to the Classic-Jordan Campaign page for a full list of reports, action alerts, news articles, testimony videos and transcripts related to this case.

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The Decision Makers

Gregg W. Steinhafel
Gregg W. Steinhafel
CEO, Target Corporation
Chris Fox
Chris Fox
Vice President Corporate Social Responsibility, Hanes Brand Inc.
Jay L. Monitz,
Jay L. Monitz,
Group VP and Associate General Counsel, Macy’s
Rajan Kamalanathan
Rajan Kamalanathan
VP of Ethical Standards, Wal-Mart
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CEO, Jones Group
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