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...plowing $100 million into a new plant, investing in another in India and employing migrant workers from South Asia and China--a practice that has provoked controversy. In 2005, his Chinese workers protested over low pay. This year an article in the London Sunday Times quoted the International Textile, Garment and Leather Workers Federation as warning that some textile companies treat migrant workers "like slaves." Woo's response? His company pays workers more than the minimum rate set by the government and complies with the ethical codes laid down by customers...
Ever since you bought Fruit of the Loom and its plus-size offspring Vanity Fair back in 2002, extending your empire to the firmament of the foundation garment universe, I have been waiting patiently, hoping that you'll turn out to be a revolutionary of the order of Herminie Cadolle. About 120 years ago, Mme. Cadolle figured out that it made more sense for women's breasts to be suspended from above than cantilevered from beneath. That is, she invented bra straps. So instead of walking around wearing the lingerie equivalent of the London Bridge, women could slide themselves into...
...have been used as proxies by other big donors. Yet the Clinton campaign did not reimburse another 15 restaurant workers - including cooks, waiters, a dishwasher and cashier - who also wrote checks for the April 13 event in New York's Chinatown. Nor did it send back money from a garment worker and phone card clerk, not to mention 15 donors who had failed to list any occupations or register to vote...
...down payments on homes or apartments - in cash. The banks of Chinatown centered in Canal Street in Manhattan have combined deposits of $6 billion, behind only the ritzy Upper East Side ($8 billion) among New York City neighborhoods. Chinatown residents say it would not be surprising that waiters and garment workers could afford to make political donations in the $1,000 range...
...fabric,” Morton goes through The Crimson’s recycling bins and collects old issues of the New York Times and Fifteen Minutes. Even so, she joins fellow designer Alexandra M. Hays ’09 for a trip to The Garment District later that afternoon, where both begin picking through the massive “dollar-fifty a pound” clothing pile. Mid-treasure hunt, Morton’s model calls for details. “It’s going to be made of newspaper, just to warn you,” Morton cautions...