Los Angeles’ garment district is notorious for sweatshop conditions, abuse, and the outright theft of earned wages. Yet the name-brand clothes that some of us are wearing right now, may have been produced in factories like these. On this edition of Making Contact we’ll take you on a trip through LA’s garment district.Featuring:
Irma, garment workers; Eulalia, garment worker; and Marissa Nuncio, the director of LA’s Garment Worker Center.
Credits:
Host: Monica Lopez
Producers: Laura Flynn, Monica Lopez, and Jasmin Lopez
Contributing Producers: RE:Work Radio, Stefanie Ritoper and Saba Waheed
Executive Director: Lisa Rudman
Web Editor: Kwan Booth
Music:
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Source: https://kpfa.org/episode/making-contact-april-1-2016/
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