It is interesting because the companies reveal so much about their clothing in the advertising. They know the exact fit and cut and cloth, but they refuse to reveal anything about the conditions. And they say that they don't know that. So that is part of it. I also think that consumers can really organize.
Consumers can do a powerful job of organizing in their own communities.
They can help to educate other people. September 23, 1997. Forty-six members of Congress last week wrote to the Smithsonian Institution in support of an exhibition on sweatshops at the National Museum of American History. Included in the exhibit is a recreation of the notorious El Monte sweatshop in Los Angeles which was closed down two years ago when state officials found 70 Thai immigrant workers kept in bondage making apparel for some of the countries top fashion labels. Jack Morgan, a spokesperson for the American Apparel Manufacturer's Association.