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<p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><font size=3
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color:windowtext'>May 7, 2009 <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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color:red;font-weight:bold'>Action Alert<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=5
color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:16.0pt;
font-weight:bold'>Stand up against labor exploitation in <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">El Salvador</st1:place></st1:country-region>,
support Las Hermosa workers’ right to organize!<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>On Sunday, March 15, the people of <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">El Salvador</st1:country-region></st1:place>
mobilized to defend democracy, resulting in the election of the FMLN
candidate Mauricio Funes -- the very first leftist head of state in the
county’s history. This historical shift in power is due to the
Salvadoran social movement’s resistance to the right wing’s repressive
economic and military policies. Labor unions and solidarity organizations’
fight against neoliberal free-trade agreements like the Central American
Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) have been a primary manifestation of this
resistance. Integral to <st1:country-region w:st="on">El Salvador</st1:country-region>’s
resistance movement is a group of workers from the <i><span
style='font-style:italic'>Las Hermosas</span></i> maquila (or sweatshop) who
are currently holding multinational corporations, like Nike, Adidas, and
Russell, accountable for the myriad of labor rights violations in <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">El Salvador</st1:country-region></st1:place>’s
maquila industry. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>In May 2005, the <i><span style='font-style:italic'>Las
Hermosas</span></i> workers began to organize to change unjust working
conditions in the factory. However, immediately after the workers began to
organize, the factory owner closed the factory, leaving over 64 workers and
organizers unemployed, blacklisted from neighboring maquilas, and owed over
$825,000 of unpaid wages, social security, and severance pay.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Four years since the closure of the Las Hermosa’s
factory, organizers are still without formal jobs or access to basic
medical care through the state medical system; moreover, they have only
received a very limited contribution towards the $825,000 of outstanding
wages, overtime payments, and severance legally owed to the workers. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>As a contractor at <i><span style='font-style:
italic'>Las Hermosa’s</span></i> factory, the Adidas corporation has
the responsibility to ensure the workers are compensated or directly compensate
them for the money owed and to reinstate blacklisted and fired workers. In
fact, at meetings held with President Antonio Saca in December of 2005 and
April of 2006, Adidas committed to ensuring that the <i><span
style='font-style:italic'>Las Hermosas’</span></i> workers would
receive full compensation, but have never followed through with their
promise. The <i><span style='font-style:italic'>Las Hermosa’s</span></i>
case is a clear example of CAFTA’s promotion of labor
“flexibility”: corporations profiting from the hiring and
firing of cheap labor, while suppressing workers’ right to organize
in the maquila industry throughout <st1:place w:st="on">Central America</st1:place>.
The success of the new Funes government in standing up to neo-liberal free
trade agreements like CAFTA will be dependent on the mobilization of the
social movement to demand change and accountability not only from officials
but from the transnational corporate system.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>In the wake of this historical moment in <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">El Salvador</st1:country-region></st1:place>,
join CISPES in standing in solidarity with the <i><span style='font-style:
italic'>Las Hermosas </span></i>workers by calling Adidas and demanding
that they comply with the workers’ demands. <b><i><span
style='font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>Your action is critical in
defending workers’ rights to organize, and in supporting the social
movement’s continued struggle for change in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region
w:st="on">El Salvador</st1:country-region></st1:place>.</span></i></b></span></font><font
color=red><span style='color:red'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></i></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><i><u><font
size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>TAKE ACTION</span></font></u>:<o:p></o:p></i></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:
l3 level1 lfo5'><![if !supportLists]><b><font size=3 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>1)<font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></font></span></span></font></b><![endif]><b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>Fax or email Adidas Corporate Social
Responsibility Officer Gregg Nebel at (360) 394-1661 or </span></b><a
href="mailto:Gregg.Nebel@adidas-Group.com"
title="blocked::mailto:Gregg.Nebel@adidas-Group.com">Gregg.Nebel@adidas-Group.com</a>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>and demand that he comply with the <i><span
style='font-style:italic'>Las Hermosas</span></i> Workers’ demands.
(</span></b><i><span style='font-style:italic'>The Hermosa workers have
called for coordinated actions in the <st1:country-region w:st="on">US</st1:country-region>,
<st1:country-region w:st="on">El Salvador</st1:country-region>, and <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Germany</st1:place></st1:country-region> on
Thursday, May 7 so please respond today it you can!)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-style:italic'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></i></p>
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style='font-weight:bold'>Get your organization to sign on to a letter to
Adidas. You can download the letter here: <a
href="http://www.cispes.org/documents/Organizational_letter_Adidas.doc">www.cispes.org/documents/Organizational_letter_Adidas.doc</a>
</span></b><i><span style='font-style:italic'><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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size=4 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
color:windowtext;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>Use the following sample
letter to contact Gregg Nebel<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Dear Gregg Nebel and Adidas Corporate
Responsibility Office:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.25in'><font size=3 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>I am writing because
I am very concerned about the Adidas corporation’s role in the <i><span
style='font-style:italic'>Las Hermosas</span></i> Manufacturing Case in <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">El Salvador</st1:place></st1:country-region>.
Four years since the sudden closure of their factory the workers that were
involved in defending their rights at Hermosa Manufacturing are still
without formal jobs, not do they have access to the state medical system
for employees. Meanwhile, they have only received a very limited
contribution to their outstanding wages, overtime payments and severance
pay.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.25in'><font size=3 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>I understand Adidas
made a public commitment in 2007 to pressure the Salvadoran government to
bring justice to the <i><span style='font-style:italic'>Las Hermosas</span></i>
women in the trial between the factory owner Montalvo and the workers, but your
company has yet to follow through with their promise.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.25in'><font size=3 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>I also understand
some brands have made a contribution to an emergency fund set up by the
Fair Labor Association (FLA), and while I appreciate the effort, I am
disappointed that the fund does not explicitly intend to cover the amount
legally owed to the workers.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>I urge you to meet the demands of the workers to:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:
l1 level2 lfo4'><![if !supportLists]><font size=3 color=black
face="Tw Cen MT Condensed Extra Bold"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Tw Cen MT Condensed Extra Bold"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>1.<font
size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]>Contribute, or increase your
contribution to the fund administered by the legal organization FESPAD for
the workers until the workers have received their outstanding wages,
overtime payments, and severance pay;<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:
l1 level2 lfo4'><![if !supportLists]><font size=3 color=black
face="Tw Cen MT Condensed Extra Bold"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
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size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]>Require your suppliers in <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">El Salvador</st1:country-region></st1:place>
to hire the former <i><span style='font-style:italic'>Hermosa</span></i>
workers on a priority basis in order to facilitate these workers gaining
employment and to address the illegal discrimination in the form of a
“Black List” that has occurred;<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:
l1 level2 lfo4'><![if !supportLists]><font size=3 color=black
face="Tw Cen MT Condensed Extra Bold"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Tw Cen MT Condensed Extra Bold"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>3.<font
size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]>Prevent further retaliation
against these workers by your suppliers in the form of illegal intimidation
and hiring discrimination;<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:
l1 level2 lfo4'><![if !supportLists]><font size=3 color=black
face="Tw Cen MT Condensed Extra Bold"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
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size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]>Continue to pressure the
Salvadoran government to enforce the legal rulings in favor of the workers,
ensure payment of the outstanding wages, and respect the laws of their
Constitution and international conventions that guarantee the right to
organize in a union.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.75in'><font size=3 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>I look forward to hearing what action you have
taken in this case. I wish to inform you that I pledge solidarity to the <i><span
style='font-style:italic'>Hermosa</span></i> workers’ struggle, and I
will support pressure actions against your company to comply with their
demands.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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