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At Elder Manufacturing, the company slogan is “Elderwear: We Care.” Elder produces uniforms at a factory in El Salvador. Recently, the company chose to shift its production to a new facility nearly two hours away from the current site. The company announced this to its employees on Friday and expected them to spend an extra four hours driving to and from work on the following Monday. In El Salvador the workers are entitled to severance pay, if they didn’t want to work at the new location.

The workers were infuriated. They had been paid 63 cents per hour and were fined an hour’s pay for every minute they were late. They demanded severance pay to which they are legally entitled under Salvadoran law. The company has responded by claiming the workers quit and therefore don’t qualify for severance pay. Management has also said that these workers will not be allowed to work at the new factory.

Please send a letter to Elder Manufacturing and tell them to obey the law and live up to their “We Care” slogan by paying the workers 100 percent of their severance pay. Send letters to: Ron Sher, President & CEO, Elder Manufacturing Company, 12747 Olive Blvd, St. Louis, MO 63141. You can also them to 314-469-0523, or call 314-469-1120.

Expiration Date:
Wed, 11/08/2006 - 10:00pm