Gina sent a message to Arthur L. Peck – Chief Executive Officer of Gap Inc. – Email
Dear Arthur Peck,
A lot of your clothes are for kids but should kids be making them? In my research, I have learned a lot about your company's sweatshops. In your sweatshops located in Bangladesh, India, and Cambodia many people are being mistreated; even though some are young, pregnant, and sick. Their working conditions are also very bad and need to be fixed. When employees are working very hard, they make little pay and can barely afford food for their families. You may not be able to fix everything all in one day, but if you started taking small steps at a time, eventually you can make your sweatshops better for the people working there.
In the article worked and have miscarriages. One women reported that she was 7 months pregnant and asked for maternity leave but was denied and her husband was physically abused and threatened with death for her asking. These women also stated they worked seven days a week and they worked over 100 hours, but they were only paid as little as .20 cents an hour and their bosses were still cheating them. You could fix the problem by having women get the treatment they deserve and making sure you have people checking the factories.
I read the article and in this article it said in your sweatshops in India there have been reports of young boys some as young as the age 10 working. They have said if their boss sees them crying, they get beaten with a plastic pipe or have an oily cloth put in their mouth. Some of the children said they work from dawn until 1 a.m. and get no pay. There have also been reports of young girls working in factories in Cambodia probably getting the same treatment, if not worse. You have said that if children are working, they would be put in a schooling facility, so if you enforced this more, these children would have a much better life.
As you know by now, your sweatshops will need some work put into them. There are many ways you can help fix these problems, but it is important to show you the main problems with your sweatshops. GAP is probably a great company but always remember, there is always room for improvement. We both know that pregnant women and definitely not kids should be working in sweatshops where they got little to nothing or even nothing. This is everything I have learned about your sweatshops and I hope to see improvement in the near future.
Pagie
