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| The Gap 1 Harrison Street San Francisco, CA 94105 Phone: (415) 427-2000 or 1-800-333-7899 Fax: (650) 874-7828 Website: http://www.gap.com more contact info . . . |
Key People Chairman:
Donald Fisher Key Numbers 2000 Sales (bil.): $11.6 2000 Employees: 111,000 Wholesale Value of Garments Shipped from Saipan (1995-1999): $237.3 million Salary of CEO: $24,000/hr Salary of GAP sweatshop worker in Russia: 11 cents/hr |
| Gap is one of several retail chains
owned by The Gap Inc. Other chains include: Baby Gap, Banana Republic, Gap Kids and Old
Navy. The first stores opened in 1969, and in 1987, Gap began going international, by
opening a store in London. Today the Gap chain has over 3,000 locations throughout the
United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Germany, Japan and France. Gap stores sell men's,
women's and junior's clothing, as well as accessories and fragrances. Gap has been criticized for human right's violations in their factories, as well as lack of environmental responsibility. Please see the Pros & Cons section for more info. - Information collected from various business profiles. See my business links section for a list. April 2001. Associated
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| Countries in which Gap Produces: (as of April 2001) Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Korea, Lesotho, Macau, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mexico, Philippines, Qatar, Russia, Saipan, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Sultanate of Oman, Taiwan, Thailand -Information collected from GAP garment tags. Sweatshops
Gap has been known to have produced in: Factories Gap has been known produce
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| Pros | Cons |
| As of May 2000, does not purchase leather from India or China, due to the mistreatment of cows there. | The Fischer family, who owns The Gap, purchased 230,000 acres of forest in Mendocino County, CA. The family is logging old growth redwoods there. This forest houses the last old growth redwoods still alive outside National Parks. |
| In 1995, Gap became the first international retailer to agree to independent monitoring of its contractors. | Was sued, along with 17 other companies, in 1999, for luring thousands of workers to Saipan, then making them pay $2,000 - $10,000 to work there. The employees were forced to work 70-80 hours/week, were sometimes beaten, forced to have abortions, and housed in crowded, rat infested buildings. They have refused to settle the case. (October 2000) |
| Gap has a non-discrimination policy that includes sexual orientation. They also offer benefits to all employees' partners, including ones of the same sex. | Gap caps are made in the BJ&B sweatshop which violates Dominican law by underpaying it's female workers. The women are also inappropriately touched and the conditions are unsanitary. They are paid 8 cents a cap, which rounds out to be about $40 for 56 hours of work. (-per UNITE) |
| Gap's CEO (currently Millard S. Drexler), makes about $24,000 an hour, while Gap sweatshop workers in Russia make only 11 cents an hour. That's a Gap. | |
| Gap imported the greatest amount of goods from the CNMI sweatshops in 1995-1999. They imported $237.3 million dollars worth of garments. (wholsale value). | |
| Gap makes clothes in the Par Garment Factory in Thailand. This factory has long been known for its underpayment and mistreatment of workers. Workers are forced to work overtime, for an amount of payment that is below Thai standards. Many women have also been sexually harassed. When, in 1998, some tried to complain by organizing a union, they were fired. | |
In
Indonesia, Gap produces in a plant where women who are menstruating are not given proper
respect. One woman was not allowed to go to the restroom, and was made to sit and bleed
through her clothes while she worked. |
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To whom it may
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message was posted to a GAP customer service form on their website.
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