Petition Urging NRF to Support the 35-Cent Minimum Wage

Tracy Mullin, President & CEO
National Retail Federation
325 7th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20004


Dear Ms. Mullin:

We write seeking your and the National Retail Federation’s help in addressing a fundamental injustice against human and worker rights.  In Bangladesh, more than two million mostly young women garment workers and their families are trapped in abject misery, earning a minimum wage of just 11 ½ cents an hour.  No one can possibly survive on such a pitifully low and unjust wage.  The Bangladeshi garment workers, routinely toiling 12 hours a day, often seven days a week, are among the hardest working yet poorest women anywhere in the world.  While the garment workers in Bangladesh sewed $3.54 billion worth of clothing last year for export to the U.S., their own children went hungry.

The garment workers in Bangladesh are struggling to raise the legal minimum wage in the garment industry to just 35 cents an hour, which would allow their families to climb out of misery and at least into poverty, allowing them to survive with a modicum of dignity.

We believe the workers’ demands are incredibly modest and cannot imagine any apparel company or retailer opposing a 35-cent an hour minimum wage, which would allow the garment workers to feed their children one or two decent meals a day.

We feel very strongly that if the National Retail Federation will publicly support the new 35 cent an hour minimum wage in Bangladesh, the workers will win
.  While this victory may seem insignificant to us, it is a matter of life and death to the workers and their children.  We urge the National Retail Federation to do the right thing and support the workers in their just demand.

Thank you in advance for seriously considering this important issue.







0-25 of 737 signatures
Number Date Name Organization Location
737 January 31, 2010 Durie KimMARIANISTS San Antonio, TX, US
736 January 26, 2010 Daniel CookUniversity of Detroit Jesuit Southfield, MI, US
735 January 19, 2010 Mary SmithChurch Women United Elmira, NY, US
734 January 16, 2010 álvaro gonzálezel poder del consumidor méxico, MX
733 January 12, 2010 Emilio HerreraONG Mexico City, , MX
732 January 11, 2010 Janet Juanico Ninguna Ciudad de México, , MX
731 January 03, 2010 Camilla PanhardPersonal Paris, , FR
730 January 02, 2010 Maureen LangstonPersonal Seattle , WA, US
729 December 31, 2009 Baschki Leopersonal Lansing, NY, US
728 December 30, 2009 Fabián EsparzaPersonal Mexico D F, , MX
727 December 30, 2009 Dora Taylorindividual Brighton, , GB
726 December 28, 2009 Ulises FernandezFernandez y Asociados, S.C. Distrito Federal, , MX
725 December 22, 2009 MARIANO FERNANDEZ DE JAUREGUICEPSIC AC mexico, , MX
724 December 18, 2009 Mayra floresudg guadalajara, , MX
723 December 18, 2009 Jasmine LopezPersonal Mexico, MX
722 December 18, 2009 Luz Alicia GonzalezPoder del consumidor Guadalajara , MX
721 December 18, 2009 Ángel LópezPoder del consumidor Guadalajara, , MX
720 December 16, 2009 Adolfo GarroNinguna Distrito Federal, , MX
719 December 15, 2009 Rosana PerezPersonal Mexico City, MX
718 December 15, 2009 Rosana PerezPersonal Mexico City, MX
717 December 14, 2009 kelly Maciasindividual Mexico, PR,
716 December 10, 2009 Erika Athiénone Mexico City, , MX
715 December 09, 2009 Martha Romosos mezquitera la pona Aguascalientes, , MX
714 December 08, 2009 Judith Marquezindividual Mexico city, ,
713 December 06, 2009 JANET HILLindividual monroe,MI, MI,
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