Date: Sun, 10 Aug 1997 21:42:02 -0500
From: Michael Novick <mnovick-AT-laedu.lalc.k12.ca.us>
Subject: AUT: Protest Over Disney Operations in Haiti



>>From: Steve Bloom <bloom-AT-IDT.NET>
>>X-Sender: bloom-AT-u2.farm.idt.net
>>To: Marpessa Kupendua <nattyreb-AT-ix.netcom.com>
>>Subject: Protest re Haiti
>>
>>Disney/Haiti Justice Campaign
>>
>>P.O. Box 746 Village Station, New York, NY 10014
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>>(212) 592-3612
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>>
>>For Immediate Release
>>August 11, 1997
>>
>>
>>For further information contact: 
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>>	Ray La Forest (212) 219-0022, or  Marty Goodman (212) 781-5157
>>
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>>Protest To Be Held Against Disney Subcontractor 
>>
>>
>>HH Cutler Threatens Pullout from Haiti
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>>
>>Picket--Wednesday, August 13, 5:30-7:30 pm; 100 W. 33rd St. (at 6th Ave.),
>>Manhattan
>>
>>
>>	HH Cutler, Disney's largest subcontractor in Haiti, has declared
>>its intention to shutdown operations in that country by the end of the
>>summer, putting all of its 2,300 employees out of work. The company has
>>faced mounting pressure--from its workers and from international
>>scrutiny--for paying starvation wages of 28 cents per hour and engaging in
>>other abusive labor practices. 
>>
>>	Workers for HH Cutler and other subcontractors in Haiti receive 6
>>cents for every $20 worth of garments sold in Disney's retail stores. It
>>would take more than 1000 years for a Disney worker in Haiti to earn the
>>equivalent of 1 day's pay for Michael Eisner, Disney CEO, in 1993. And
>>Eisner's salary has been increased since 1993.
>>
>>	But rather than improving conditions for Haitian workers, HH
>>Cutler has announced that it will move its entire operation to even
>>lower-cost, 13-cent-per-hour sweatshops in China and Indonesia--just as
>>the company eliminated 1400 jobs in the U.S. in 1995. The loss will
>>represent 10% of the assembly workforce in Haiti, where the unemployment
>>rate is already 80%.
>>
>>	The Disney/Haiti Justice Campaign is calling on U.S. consumers to
>>let HH Cutler and the Disney Corporation know that we will not support
>>such practices. U.S. corporations must respect the rights of workers
>>abroad, pay living wages, and provide decent working conditions--at the
>>same time as they maintain jobs at fair wages here in the U.S. Workers in
>>Haiti have a right to organize a union and bargain collectively. 
>>
>>	The goal of the August 13th picket is to make clear that if HH
>>Cutler proceeds with its planned pullout it could lead to even more
>>vigorous protests and a possible boycott of both Disney and HH Cutler
>>products. 
>>
>>	In addition, the Campaign is calling for protest messages to:
>>
>>	
>>
>>Thomas Austin, President, HH Cutler, 120 Iona Ave. SW, Grand Rapids, MI
>>49503; Phone: (616) 459-9101; Fax: (616) 459-2135.
>>
>>
>>Michael Eisner, CEO, The Walt Disney Company, South Buena Vista St.,
>>Burbank, CA 91512; Phone: (818) 560-1000; fax: (818) 846-7319.
>>
>>
>>HH Cutler, 100 W. 33rd St., New York, NY 10001; Phone: (212) 947-9313,
>>(800) 947-3547
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