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- 11-9-1997
Plan for Sweatshop Exhibition Draws Fire
Museums: Apparel industry says Smithsonian re-creation of El Monte facility would be unfair. September 11, 1997|GEORGE WHITE | STAFF WRITER In an echo of the politically charged uproar that killed the Smithsonian Institution’s planned 1995 exhibit on the dropping of the atom bomb, several apparel and retailing industry groups are protesting a new plan by Continue Reading
- 13-1-1997
Often, the Workers Pay
EASY PREY: EXPLOITING IMMIGRANTS When disputes with employers arise, many have little recourse but to turn to the state labor office. It can take years to settle their claims. January 13, 1997|DON LEE | TIMES STAFF WRITER Immigrant workers by the thousands file through the doors of the state labor commissioner’s office every year, hoping Continue Reading
- 13-1-1997
Recruiters’ Lies Lure Workers; Debts Serve to Trap Them
EASY PREY: EXPLOITING IMMIGRANTS Day Two January 13, 1997|DON LEE | TIMES STAFF WRITER He was farming rice in a poor village in Thailand when recruiters came calling with a tempting offer: Work overseas and send your family hundreds of dollars a month. The 48-year-old man, who asked that he be identified by a nickname, Continue Reading
- 19-6-1996
Not Home Free
Thais Freed From Sweatshop Are Adjusting to Life in U.S., but the Future Is Uncertain June 19, 1996|KENNETH CHANG | TIMES STAFF WRITER At their regular Thursday night meeting, 20 Thai workers who spent nearly three years confined in an El Monte sweatshop gather for English lessons. The lesson of the night: how to order Continue Reading
- 5-9-1995
Freed Thais Offer Thanks During Labor Day Rally
Workers: Sweatshop was ‘like coming to hell,’ one says. Union, state officials urge tougher enforcement of laws in garment industry. September 05, 1995|JEFF LEEDS | TIMES STAFF WRITER With union placards in their hands and a still-unfamiliar sun overhead, 55 of the Thai garment workers liberated from an El Monte sweatshop last month offered tearful Continue Reading