Doall is a Korean owned company that sets up factories in El Salvador. All of these factories sew clothing for Liz Claiborne which the company has a contract with. Over 2,500 young women work in Doall's three factories. Two of them are located in the San Marcos Free Trade Zone and the other in the Progreso Industrial Park. Doall also has contracts with Leslie Fay, Chaus and Ann Taylor in which they sew for as well. Doall has been sewing for Liz Claiborne since 1992. Doall operates behind locked metal gates, barbed wire and tight armed security. No visitors are allowed at these factories either. In these factories workers work 13 to 15 hour work shifts and 85 to 92-hour work weeks. They are forced to work overtime and sometimes given mandatory night shifts working seven days a week. One worker complained that he only received three days off in a nine day period. Another worker complained that their feet swell up due to excessively long hours.
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