Jones Apparel Group Inc.

At least two young women from Sri Lanka, recruited as foreign guest workers to work at the Classic Fashion Apparel factory in the Al Hasan Industrial Park in Jordan, report being raped by managers at the factory. The women sewed clothing for Wal-Mart, Jones Apparel/Gloria Vanderbilt and other U.S. companies. The victims, both assaulted early in 2007, are Ms. Nisansala and Ms. Nine Maris. Both are now in Sri Lanka and willing to tell their stories. Ms. Nine Maris was raped by Mr. Anil, a manager at the Classic factory. After becoming noticeably pregnant, she was deported back to Sri Lanka. Ms. Nisansala reports being raped by another factory manager, Mr. Sintaiker. Receiving no help from the Jordanian authorities, Ms. Nine Maris filed a court suit against Mr. Anil in Sri Lanka. Apparently Mr. Anil has had to make several trips to Sri Lanka to deal with the suit against him. In 2006, the National Labor Committee released a year-long undercover report documenting the descent of the U.S.-Jordan Free Trade Agreement into human trafficking and involuntary servitude. We also named several garment factories such as Al Safi and Western, where young women had reported being raped. In Al Safi, a young Bangladeshi woman--according to the workers no more than 20 years of age--reportedly committed suicide by hanging herself in a bathroom after being raped by a plant manager. The Jordanian government said it was unable to discover any sexual assault or related crimes in any of its garment factories.: Jordan

Closure/Bankruptcy: Plans to close denim-making operations in San Luis, Mexico, as it seeks to save about $5 million a year.: Mexico

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ILO violation 1 : up to 12-hour days, seven days a week: Northern Mariana Islands