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<div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D" class="">Arthur – can you please circulate this to CTC list?</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p class=""> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;background:white" class="">*<b class="">apologies for cross-postings</b>*<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";background:white" class="">Dear colleague:</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";background:white" class="">As you may have seen, Ivanka’s Trump’s brand has been associated
<a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2017/politics/ivanka-trump-overseas/?tid=ss_tw&utm_term=.09018aad92fe" target="_blank" class="">
with multiple allegations of abusive treatment</a> of workers at footwear and garment factories in China and Indonesia where workers make Trump-branded apparel and shoes.
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-bottom:11.0pt" class=""><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";background:white" class="">Investigators from China Labor Watch
<a href="http://www.chinalaborwatch.org/newscast/625" target="_blank" class="">found grave abuses</a> this spring at two factories that made Ivanka Trump-branded shoes in China. The investigators were then detained on criminal charges</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt" class="">
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";background:white" class="">for a month before being released on bail
<a href="http://www.chinalaborwatch.org/newscast/626" target="_blank" class="">pending trial</a>.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt" class="">
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";background:white" class=""> At the same time, similar abuses appear to be prevalent
<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jun/13/revealed-reality-of-a-life-working-in-an-ivanka-trump-clothing-factory" target="_blank" class="">
at an Indonesian factory</a> making clothes for the Ivanka Trump label.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"" class="">Ivanka Trump holds a powerful position in the White House, while also profiting from her clothing lines and the
increased prominence of your personal brand, and therefore has a responsibility to use her position to raise standards for workers who toil in factories producing that brand<span style="background:white" class="">.</span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b class=""><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";background:white" class="">China Labor Watch, International Labor Rights Fund, and Public Citizen urge your organization
to sign on to <a href="http://bit.ly/IvankaLetter" target="_blank" class="">an open letter to Ms. Trump</a></span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";background:white" class="">, calling on her to do the following:</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="m-8950404771303979549m4990405629652121596m-8423786726270118345m-6734942999170526347m-8073599932636033425m-904138186453245404paragraph" style="margin-left:.5in;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol;" class="">·</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">
</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Publicly demand that the Chinese government not pursue criminal prosecution of the three China Labor Watch investigators. <br class="">
</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol;" class="">·</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">
</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Work to ensure labor rights and fair treatment of the workers who make Ivanka Trump-branded products, irrespective of whether they are direct employees or employed by suppliers.<br class="">
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol" class="">·</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt" class="">
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"" class="">Conduct an audit of factory conditions in all factories making Ivanka Trump-branded products and share the results publicly.<br class="">
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol" class="">·</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt" class="">
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"" class="">Allow independent workers’ rights organizations to monitor working conditions and talk to workers about their labor rights.<br class="">
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol" class="">·</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt" class="">
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"" class="">Publicly disclose the names and addresses of factories making Ivanka Trump-branded products.
<br class="">
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol" class="">·</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt" class="">
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"" class="">Sign the 2018-2021 Bangladesh Accord on Building and Fire Safety, to ensure that workers producing Ivanka Trump-branded apparel in Bangladesh can be sure the factories where they work
are not deathtraps.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="m-8950404771303979549m4990405629652121596m-8423786726270118345m-6734942999170526347m-8073599932636033425m-904138186453245404paragraph" style="vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"" class="">With workers’ and labor rights advocates’ safety hanging in the balance, please join us<b class="">
</b>in sending a strong message to Ivanka Trump that she cannot dodge her responsibility.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="m-8950404771303979549m4990405629652121596m-8423786726270118345m-6734942999170526347m-8073599932636033425m-904138186453245404paragraph" style="vertical-align:baseline">
<b class=""><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"" class="">Please read the full letter and sign on your organization at:
<span style="color:#1F497D" class=""><a href="http://bit.ly/IvankaLetter" target="_blank" class="">bit.ly/IvankaLetter</a>.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="m-8950404771303979549m4990405629652121596m-8423786726270118345m-6734942999170526347m-8073599932636033425m-904138186453245404paragraph" style="vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"" class="">If you have any questions about the letter, please contact Sarah Newell at
<a href="mailto:sarah@ilrf.org" class=""><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none" class="">sarah@ilrf.org</span></a> or Melinda St. Louis at
<a href="mailto:mstlouis@citizen.org" class=""><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none" class="">mstlouis@citizen.org</span></a>.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D" class=""> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b class=""><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D" class="">______________________________________________</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b class=""><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D" class="">Melinda St. Louis | International Campaigns Director</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D" class="">Public Citizen's Global Trade Watch<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D" class="">215 Pennsylvania Ave SE, Washington, DC 20003<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D" class="">TEL: (202) 454-5192, EMAIL: <a href="mailto:mstlouis@citizen.org" class="">mstlouis@citizen.org</a><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D" class=""> <br class="">
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