Unite And Organize Criticism: There Are Still Sweatshops In The American Apparel Industry.

Unite and appeal to the garment industry to admit that their corporate social responsibility arrangements do not solve the sweatshop problem among contractors in a systematic way. Yesterday, the Labour Department of New York claimed that a garment contractor owed $about 5000000 in wages to the workers, indicating that the sweatshop system had not yet weakened.

Solidarity is the union of clothing and textile workers. Together, President Bruce Raynor said that the latest survey shows that there is still a terrible sweatshop environment in New York, and the clothing industry still has not seriously solved this problem. Many clothing brands have contracted relations with the factory, and they have the problem of social responsibility system. They have not discovered that this is a sweatshop.

The factory has been silent recently. The factory (Jin Shun) is located in Long Island, New York. The factory operates under a series of different names. In recent years, more than 100 workers have not been paid. The Ministry of labor said that the contractor made false files and trained workers to lie to the inspectors. The survey also revealed that workers worked 22 hours a day and worked 7 days a week.

Unite and appeal to the clothing industry to admit that sweatshops will continue to exist unless the big clothing brands relentlessly reduce the Contractor's prices unless workers become the main participants in solving the problem.

Raynor said workers should have the power to organize trade unions and fight for a better working environment. Large clothing brands and contractors should respect the rights of workers.

Together, it is a labor union representing 465000 workers in clothing, textiles, hotels, food services, games and laundry.