The unfortunate reality is that despite our Nations historic tradition of protecting workers and the voluntary compliance efforts by reputable garment contractors. sweatshop exploitation is a pervasive problem in America. It is estimated that more than 7.000 garment shops nationwide can be classified as sweatshops. There are numerous examples of the nature and extent of the problem. In August of last year. the raid of a garment sweatshop in El Monte. CA. exposed the working conditions of 70 Immigrants enslaved in a factory ringed with razor wire. More recently. a February raid in Irvine. CA. found workers routinely working 12hour sailts. locked in a windowless room with a single fire escape.
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