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.
Confecciones Ninos, S.A. de C.V.
Executive Autonomous Port Commission of the El Salvador International Airport
Lido, S.A. de C.V.
Río Lempa 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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