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Measurements:
overall: 11 in x 8 1/2 in; 27.94 cm x 21.59 cm
Object Name:
document
Date made:
1995
Description:
On August 2, 1995, police officers raided a fenced seven-unit apartment complex in El Monte, California. They arrested eight operators of a clandestine garment sweatshop and freed 72 workers who were being forced to sew garments in virtual captivity. Smuggled from Thailand into the United States, the laborers’ plight brought a national spotlight to domestic sweatshop production and resulted in increased enforcement by federal and state labor agencies. The publicity of the El Monte raid also put added pressure on the apparel industry to reform its labor and business practices domestically and internationally.
Location:
Currently not on view
Credit Line:
State of California. Department of Industrial Relations. Division of Labor Standards Enforcement
ID Number:
1996.0292.30
Catalog number:
1996.0292.30
Accession number:
1996.0292
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Work and Industry: Mechanical and Civil Engineering
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b4-6243-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_1431825