APPENDIX: RESPONSE LETTERS FROM SALVADORAN EMPLOYERS AND U.S.-BASED COMPANIES

Human Rights Watch sent letters to representatives of the eight Salvadoran employers discussed in this report to solicit their responses to allegations of workers' human rights abuses at their facilities.We also sent letters to officials of the sixteen corporations that, according to information we have received, did or are doing business with the four Salvadoran companies engaged in export.Below is a list of the twenty-four employers and corporations we contacted.The eight responses we have received follow.

Salvadoran Employers

Anthony Fashion Corporation, S.A. de C.V.

ConfeccionesNinos, S.A. de C.V.

Executive Autonomous Port Commission of the El Salvador International Airport

Lido, S.A. de C.V.

RoLempa Hydroelectric Executive Commission

Salvadoran Social Security Institute

Tainan Enterprises Co., Ltd., parent company of Tainan El Salvador, S.A. de C.V.

Telecommunications Company of El Salvador, S.A. de C.V.

Companies Reportedly Supplied by Salvadoran Employers

Cherokee, Inc.

Dress Barn, Inc.

Foot Locker, Inc.

The Gap, Inc.

Lenor Industries, S.A. de C.V.

JC Penney Company, Inc.

Kahn-Lucas-Lancaster, Inc.

Kellwood Company

Kmart Holding Corporation

Kohl's Corporation

Leslie Fay Company, Inc.

Liz Claiborne, Inc .

Perry Manufacturing Company

Rio Grande Food Products, Inc.

Target Corporation

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

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