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American Eagle Outfitters does business with a company that preys on workers. Tell AE to live up to its own values.
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Activist Toolkit
Spread the word about the American Eagle boycott on your campus with these documents:
Boycott Pledge Cards
American Vulture sticker
If you would like pledge cards, stickers or color leaflets mailed to your campus, email Nell Geiser – ngeiser@unitehere.org
In the News
Textile union urges teens not to shop at American Eagle Outfitters, CBC, June 12Workers, Student Groups Announce Back-to-School Boycott of American Eagle Outfitters
UNITE HERE Plasters American Eagle Stores in the U.S. and Canada with Message To Respect Workers' Rights "Across the Border"
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American Eagle Outfitters says it cares about workers – its Code of Conduct requires contractors to respect the right of employees to form a union. Yet workers at the warehouse contracted to ship AEO clothing in Canada faced harassment and intimidation when they tried to improve conditions by forming a union. And American Eagle hasn't lifted a finger to enforce its Code of Conduct.
A majority of workers at National Logistics Services (NLS) applied to join UNITE HERE. Workers wanted a union because they had not received raises in two to three years, lacked a fair process to move into permanent employment, dealt with daily disrespect from management, and faced unfair policy changes, like increased hours before overtime is paid.
The same day workers applied for union certification, NLS management intensified its anti-union campaign, hiring a US-based labor relations firm that arranged daily two-hour anti-union meetings, hung huge "vote no" posters in the workplace, and mailed an anti-union DVD to workers' homes.
American Eagle is NLS's largest client and owned and operated the NLS distribution center until early 2006.
-NLS Worker, speaking anonymously for fear of retaliation
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