Vanity Fair Corporation

628 Green Valley Road, Suite 500 Greensboro, NC 27408

Phone: 336-547-6000

Fax: 336-547-7634

Gentlemen:

We, members of the Clean Clothes Campaign, view with concern the on-going strike in one of your supplier-factories -International Garments Manufacturing Corp. (IGMC)-in the Philippines.

Union members of the IGMC factory are on strike since May 1 demanding that IGMC management respect the current collective bargaining agreement in place in the factory and stop the dismissal of its workers.

Last February, management put the workers on job rotation (workers have to work alternately with other workers). As it affected the workers take home pay and welfare, the union opposed this measure and held negotiations with the management to no avail. The management even extended job rotation for another month.

Worth noting is that during this period, the workers realized that raw materials, supplies, and other purchases intended for the factory were diverted to the company's sub-contractors.

In March the company suddenly announced that the company was sold to new owners and that all workers have to be terminated after paying a small separation fee. The union protested on the bases of the existing collective bargaining agr eement. In a move seen to weaken the union position, management promised to rehire workers who are voluntarily resigning.

Although many union members accepted the company's termination package hoping that management keeps its promise to rehire them, some union members are holding on to their strike demanding that the company honours the current collective bargaining agreement. Of the 200 or so strikers, 179 of them are female. On the average, the workers have worked in this factory from 17-20 years!

We support The right to organize and bargain collectively is an internationally recognized right of the workers and companies