B.V.F. Apparel Manufacturing attacks workers' union
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From The Disney/Haiti Justice Campaign, 18 September
1997. Reports from Batay Ouvriye, an independent Haitian
workers organization, indicate that management at
B.V.F. Apparel Manufacturing, has recently stepped up its
offensive against the union.
Labor Alerts/Labor News, 18 December 1997. BVF Apparel
Mfg. is a company that is subcontracting for the Waterbury
Corp in Connecticut. Workers are assembling garments with
the Disney label. Management refuses to meet with the union
and fired two union leaders under ridiculous charges.