argues that the ban on garmentindustry homework must be preserved or the industry will see a return of the sweatshops that precipitated the ban in the first place. President Jay Mazur warned last year that "a large pool of recent immigrants. documented and undocumented. and intense competition from lowwage imports. have created the climate in which sweatshops flourish." This profession of concern for immigrant workers and about imports is a smoke screen for the threat Mr. Mazur fears from homeworkers. who turn out comparable work at a lower cost to employers. Employers with lower labor costs can underprice their competitors. who will in turn seek reductions in their labor costs. either by seeking givebacks or concessions from the unions or by taking their work to nonunion shops.
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