Speaker. no feature of our modern industrial system has been more abhorrent than the notorious garment sweatshops which flourished in the early years of this century. Through Federal and State fair labor laws. we thought that we had ridded our cities of this scourge. Tragically. we are now learning that the sweatshop has returned. Once again. tens of thousands of workersespecially women and children. and particularly undocumented aliensare suffering the kinds of exploitation which we thought we had relegated to the history books. The revival of sweatshops in the needle trades has been condemned by responsible garment manufacturers. trade unions. and public officials. including Secretary of Labor Raymond Donovan. But Mr.
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