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- 14-11-2005
Immigrants Study: Their Fiscal ABCs With Interest
November 14, 2005|Jennifer Delson | Times Staff Writer In a small Orange County classroom last week, students were learning how to calculate percentages, tabulate interest and budget their money. But this was no ordinary classroom. The Spanish-speaking students in Santa Ana were mostly working-class parents, trying to get a better handle on managing their money. Continue Reading
- 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