Daily Archives: August 23, 1995
- 23-8-1995
Sweatshop Workers’ Plight Splits Thai Community
Culture: Some are split over whom to sympathize with: the exploited employees or the family-operated business. August 23, 1995|KARL SCHOENBERGER | TIMES STAFF WRITER They don’t stand out conspicuously like other Asian immigrant groups in Los Angeles: only scattered signs over clusters of restaurants in places such as Hollywood hint at a considerable Thai population–supposedly Continue Reading
- 23-8-1995
Speaking Up for the Silent
HEARTS OF THE CITY: Exploring attitudes and issues behind the news. Thai American activist is using El Monte sweatshop scandal to publicize the problems many of her countrymen face in U.S. August 23, 1995|PETER HONG | TIMES STAFF WRITER The discovery this month of an El Monte sweatshop in which Thai workers were allegedly held Continue Reading