Byline: Merle Linda Wolin; 1981-01-28; Los Angeles Herald-Examiner; pages A8
Report: "Sweatshop" - Merle Linda Wolin - Los Angeles Herald-Examiner
Tags: garment industry, immigration, posed as, undercover, worked as
What stands in the way of cleaning up California's rapidly growing $3.5 billion garment industry, centered in Los Angeles and officially recognized as "the dirtiest in the state"? After an intensive eight-month investigation, which included a month's undercover work posing as an illegal garment worker, the Herald Examiner discovered that the garment industry's major problems revolve around the manufacturers, not the contractors. These people, the manufacturers, control the purse strings of the industry yet are not held legally accountable for the health and labor conditions under which their garments are made.
Description:Wolin continues her investigative report on LA's garment industry, based on time spent undercover working in factories.
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