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- 26-7-2002
Advocates for Immigrant Worker Rights
Groups defend otherwise voiceless newcomers against exploitation on the job. July 26, 2002|JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER | TIMES STAFF WRITER Roman Vargas’ hands were cracked and peeling from working as a dishwasher in a Koreatown restaurant. His bosses were often physically and emotionally abusive, he says, and he was paid $250 a week with no overtime Continue Reading
- 2-7-2002
A Thai-Style Piece of the American Pie
Community Shop lets immigrants accomplish together what they can’t individually: own their own business. July 02, 2002|MARIA ELENA FERNANDEZ | STAFF WRITER Talk of the future comes up a lot in this small, new Hollywood Boulevard storefront that is not part of the Hollywood business boom but offers a boost of a different kind. Here Continue Reading
- 25-10-2001
From Virtual Slavery to Being Boss Entrepreneurs
Couple once indentured in a garment sweatshop now run their own successful restaurant October 25, 2001|KAREN ROBINSON-JACOBS | TIMES STAFF WRITER Desperate to end four years of virtual slavery at a now-infamous garment factory in El Monte, Win Chuai Ngan climbed the perimeter wall, jumped down and hurried off into the darkness, uncertain where the Continue Reading
- 24-1-2000
Sweatshop Exhibit Revives Painful Memories
Human rights: Thai women freed in 1995 El Monte raid view show at Simon Wiesenthal Center’s Museum of Tolerance that depicts their brutal working quarters. January 24, 2000|EDWARD J. BOYER | TIMES STAFF WRITER It was a scandal as close as a bedroom closet–an outrage hovering there among familiar sportswear, dresses, jeans, hats and shirts. Continue Reading
- 28-10-1999
City Council Designates Area as ‘Thai Town’
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA / A news summary | The Local Review / DEVELOPMENTS IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY October 28, 1999 HOLLYWOOD — The Los Angeles City Council voted unanimously Wednesday to designate an area east of Hollywood as “Thai Town,” the first official Thai town in the nation. The designation was proposed by Councilwoman Jackie Goldberg, Continue Reading