Over 250,000 workers in Latin America sew brand-name clothes for U.S. companies and consumers- Most workers are women, who typically earn poverty-level wages, work long hours, and frequently endure abusive supervisors
- Nearly every major U.S. brand has clothing produced in Latin America; few directly own their factories
- An anti-sweatshop movement in the U.S. has pushed a handful of U.S. companies to become leaders in responding to demands to improve conditions for apparel workers; other companies lag far behind.
USLEAP, one of the first modern day anti-sweatshop groups in the U.S., campaigns to support clothing workers producing for U.S. companies in Latin America and struggling to improve their wages and working conditions.
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