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| Agreement Reached with Forever 21
Forever 21, Inc., the Garment Worker Center, Sweatshop Watch, and the Asian Pacific American Legal Center, on behalf of several Los Angeles garment workers represented by it, have reached an agreement to resolve all litigation between them. In addition, the parties have agreed to take steps to promote greater worker protection in the local garment industry. The parties are pleased to announce the resolution of this matter as a positive and symbolic step forward in demonstrating respect and appreciation for garment workers. Under the parties’ agreement, the national boycott of Forever 21 and related protests at the Company’s retail stores, initiated by the Garment Worker Center in 2001, have ended. The parties share a belief that garment workers should labor in lawful conditions and should be treated fairly and with dignity. Forever 21, the Garment Worker Center and Sweatshop Watch all remain committed to ensuring that the clothing Forever 21 sells in its stores is made under lawful conditions.
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Forever 21 News Archives
Garment Workers Celebrate End of Year With A New Beginning
End of Campaign Against Forever 21 Announced
(December 12, 2004)
LOS ANGELES—Thirty-three garment workers who labored in 21 different Los Angeles sweatshops announced a settlement of their state court lawsuit against the popular clothing retailer Forever 21. The settlement marked the conclusion of the accompanying three-year long national boycott against the retailer. The boycott was launched by the Garment Worker Center (GWC) and the low-wage workers in September of 2001 after numerous workers who made clothes bearing the “Forever 21” label claimed that they were mistreated in their workplace. The garment workers, represented in their legal case by the Asian Pacific American Legal Center (APALC), a non-profit civil rights organization, consistently reported that they were denied their lawful wages and exposed to dangerous and filthy working conditions, including rats and cockroaches in the factories and no drinking water or bathrooms.
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Saturday November 27
Despite 5 months of negotiating, we still have not reached a settlement with Forever 21. Discussions are ongoing, but we are still planning to hold protests against Forever 21 until a settlement is reached.
There will be protests in both Santa Monica and San Francisco this Saturday. You can find details including maps for both protests below.
Please join us this very important Saturday as the holiday shopping season starts!
Note: Please check back here before heading out to the protest. If we reach a settlement before Saturday, we'll cancel the protest and announce it here.
Details:
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Broadway and 3rd St. Promenade
Santa Monica, CA
3:30 - 4:30 pm
Click here for a map!
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Powell and Market
San Fracisco, CA
12 - 1 pm
Click here for a map!
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Protests against Forever 21 Resume!
(November 11, 2003)
Despite 5 months of bargaining, we still have not reached a settlement with Forever 21. Discussions are ongoing, but we are still planning to hold protests against Forever 21 until a settlement is reached.
Please join us this very important Saturday as the holiday shopping season starts!
There will be protests in both Santa Monica and San Franciso. Details can be found on our Get Active page. Please go there now!
Note: Please check back here before heading out to the protest. If we reach a settlement before Saturday, we'll cancel the protest and announce it here.
TELL THESE 4 COMPANIES TO STOP PERPETUATING SWEATSHOPS!
Click “Read More” to find ways to fight sweatshop conditions behind these labels: Forever 21, Tarrant Apparel Group, DKNY, and Sara Lee Corp
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Organize a Sweatshop Fashion Show at your school or organization!
This is a fun way to expose companies that use sweatshops. In 2004 students at UCLA, Stanford University, and Whittier Law School all organized a sweatshop fashion show, wearing clothes made in sweatshops while MCs talked about the terrible conditions and pay of the workers who sewed that clothing.
Pictured here is a UCLA student wearing a Forever 21 blouse--the Los Angeles garment worker who sewed that blouse was paid only 19 cents while that blouse was sold in a Forever 21 store for $13. (attached is the picture)
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