28 Years After Being Freed From Modern-Day Slavery, El Monte Sweatshop Captives Are Honored

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28 Years After Being Freed From Modern-Day Slavery, El Monte Sweatshop Captives Are Honored
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As Labor Hall of Honor inductees, the group of more than 70 Thai garment workers will share recognition with the likes of Cesar Chavez and Eugene V. Debs.

“They told us we were being sent back to Thailand,” Clinton recalled. “They make us feel like we were criminals.”

Act and the creation of the U and T visas that allow some victims of human trafficking and forced labor to stay in the U.S. Appearing to lack key votes, Su has continued to serve in her acting role since the March departure of Marty Walsh, while racking up the longest pending nomination of a Cabinet-level officialA recreation of the El Monte sewing room based on the California Department of Industrial Relations.

Instead, she said she worked 18 hours a day, was not allowed to see a doctor when sick and was forced to buy food from her employers at huge markups, such as a watermelon for $14. When her mother died in Thailand, Jaknang said, she could not leave to arrange the funeral. “It is not right that those brands that sit at the top of the supply chain, and have all of the bargaining power should not hold any responsibility for our wages and working conditions,” Nuncio said. “Workers have really honed in on that.”

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