On October 12, 1933, Mexican workers went on strike in the Los Angeles garment industry. This was a foundational moment in Mexican American labor history, one that presaged their growing.
I often talk about the horrors of the garment trade and how, despite the feelings of big time liberal Washington pundits, it is actually very bad that workers die making.
It has been 8 years since 1,129 workers died making your clothing at the Rana Plaza factory in Savar, Bangladesh. Americans never did one damn thing about it. Nothing at.
YANGON, MYANMAR - FEBRUARY 13: Protesters hold placards and shout slogans near the City Hall on February 13, 2021 in Yangon, Myanmar. Myanmar declared martial law in parts of the.
When you create supply chains without the slightest concern for anything but low costs--ignoring workplace safety, human rights, labor rights, environmentally sustainability, every other concern but wresting profit--you create a.
Look down at your shoes. Take a look at your shirt. Check out the tag. Where was it made? Then think about the workers who made it. Preferably after not.
On November 13, 1970, Jeon Tae-Il, a Korean sweatshop worker, burned himself to death in protest over the sweatshop conditions of he and his fellow workers. This is the foundational.
On March 29, 1965, the U.S. Supreme Court rules for the defendant in the case of Textile Workers Union v. Darlington Manufacturing Company. In a 7-0 ruling the Court decided.
