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Title: How Retailers Reap The Benefits Of US Sweatshops

*Author: * Leonard Lopate

*Source:* WNYC Date: Sept 19, 2017 Summary: Stores like Forever 21, TJ Maxx and Ross are known for their low prices. But, one way they are able to sell $10 tank tops is by working with factories in Los Angeles that pay workers wages as little as $4-an-hour. This is possible because of a unique California law. Former LA Times reporter Natalie Kitroeff http://www.wnyc.org/people/natalie-kitroeff/ discusses this in her recent article, which was co-written with LA Times staff writer Victoria Kim, “Behind a $13 shirt, a $6-an-hour worker: How Forever 21 and other retailers avoid liability for factories that underpay workers to sew their clothes.” http://www.latimes.com/projects/la-fi-forever-21-factory-workers/ Link: http://bit.ly/2yHKYWr ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Eugene McElroy, Library Associate James Carey Library, School of Management and Labor Relations Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey 50 Labor Center Way, New Brunswick NJ 08901 848-932-9513 smlrlibrary@work.rutgers.edu http://smlr.rutgers.edu/carey-library