April 30, 2012
President Otto Perez Molina
Palacio Nacional
Guatemala Guatemala
01001 Guatemala
Dear President Molina,
On behalf of our organizations, we want to congratulate you and extend our wishes for a successful Presidency.
As global brands that contract with factories in your country and a multi-stakeholder organization to which global brands are affiliated, we want to reaffirm the importance of the respect for human and labor rights by our business partners in the countries where we operate.
An attractive business climate for companies like ours includes not only economic and political stability, but also an environment in which the basic rights of workers are respected and labor laws are consistently enforced. This is critical to us, our consumers, investors and other stakeholders.
We are supportive of your efforts to implement public policy that will further protect workers’ legal rights and preserve their right of freedom of association. While we monitor the factories we contract with to verify the protection of workers’ rights within our supply chains, we look to your government to support and enforce the rule of law so that businesses and workers can operate in a fair and safe environment.
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We look to Guatemala’s Ministry of Labor, judicial system and police to safeguard and enforce your efforts in creating a positive business climate. In that vein, we hope that your
Administration will move swiftly to reach a resolution that is satisfactory to the parties involved in the pending 2008 CAFTA labor complaint. Doing so would mark a major step towards establishing Guatemala’s reputation as a country where socially-responsible companies may do business with confidence.
We look forward to the satisfactory resolution of this dispute and once again, we extend our appreciation for your commitment to human and labor rights in Guatemala.
Sincerely,
Guy D. Bradford,
Vice President, Corporate Responsibility and Customs Compliance Officer
American Eagle Outfitters, Inc.
Gregg Nebel,
Head of Social and Environmental Affairs adidas Group
Jorge Perez-Lopez
Executive Director
Fair Labor Association
Kindley Walsh Lawlor
VP Social & Environmental Responsibility
Gap, Inc.
Daryl Brown
VP Global Ethics and Compliance
Liz Claiborne cc Ministro de Economía
Excelentísimo Señor Ministro
Licenciado Sergio de la Torre Gimeno
John Richards
Sustainable Manufacturing
Performance Director
Nike Inc.
Michael Levine
Senior Counsel and Senior Director,
Corporate Social Responsibility
Under Armour
Marcela Manubens
Senior Vice President Global Human Rights
& Social Responsibility
PVH Corp.
Phil Marsom
Compliance Manager
VF Corporation
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Ministro de Trabajo
Excelentísimo Señor Ministro
Licenciado Carlos Contreras Solórzano
Ministro de Relaciones Exteriores
Excelentísimo Señor Canciller
Embajador Harold Caballeros
Director General de Relaciones Bilaterales
Embajador Marco Tulio Chicas Sosa
Presidente de VESTEX
Licenciado Carlos Arias
Presidente de CACIF
Licenciado Andrés Castillo
Director Ejecutivo de CACIF
Roberto Ardón
U.S. Ambassador to Guatemala
Arnold A. Chacon
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