Day of Conscience Against Sweatshops
A Catholic religious leader speaks at a "Day of Conscience to End Sweatshops" rally and march in Los Angeles' garment district on October 4, 1997. Organized by UNITE and its allies as part of their campaign against GUESS Jeans, the event was part of a national day of action that to aimed to pressure the Presidential task force on apparel manufacturing to enforce a strong accord that would protect garment workers' rights in Los Angeles and around the world. The sign behind him reads "No mas talleres de sudor (no more sweatshops)".
This photograph, taken by Linda A. Lotz, was featured in a exhibition of her photographs called "Faith at Work" in 1999.
Date: Oct. 4, 1997
Photographer: Linda A. Lotz
Image ID: 3_173
Collection: CLUE records (LSC.2441)
Repository: UCLA Library Special Collections
Collection Information: oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8g167r7/
Copyright: Property rights to the objects belong to UCLA Library Special Collections. All other rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
Notes: More on the garment workers' struggle at memorywork.irle.ucla.edu/casestudies/garment-workers
Day of Conscience Against Sweatshops
A Catholic religious leader speaks at a "Day of Conscience to End Sweatshops" rally and march in Los Angeles' garment district on October 4, 1997. Organized by UNITE and its allies as part of their campaign against GUESS Jeans, the event was part of a national day of action that to aimed to pressure the Presidential task force on apparel manufacturing to enforce a strong accord that would protect garment workers' rights in Los Angeles and around the world. The sign behind him reads "No mas talleres de sudor (no more sweatshops)".
This photograph, taken by Linda A. Lotz, was featured in a exhibition of her photographs called "Faith at Work" in 1999.
Date: Oct. 4, 1997
Photographer: Linda A. Lotz
Image ID: 3_173
Collection: CLUE records (LSC.2441)
Repository: UCLA Library Special Collections
Collection Information: oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8g167r7/
Copyright: Property rights to the objects belong to UCLA Library Special Collections. All other rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
Notes: More on the garment workers' struggle at memorywork.irle.ucla.edu/casestudies/garment-workers