What We Have Done to Stop Sweatshops

led some of the first anti-sweatshop campaigns to support workers in Central America (INEXPORT in 1990, PVH 1991-93)
helped win the only collective bargaining agreements in Guatemala’s maquila sector (Phillips Van Heusen, Choi and Shin)
helped secure the first reestablishment of a factory after being closed in response to workers forming a union (El Salvador, Just Garments/Tainan)
led successful campaigns and initiatives against Phillips-Van Heusen, Gap, Liz Claiborne, and more
helped workers win legal recognition of their unions in Honduras (Kimi, Corazon, Yoo Yang), Guatemala (Phillips Van Heusen, Choi and Shin), and Nicaragua
secured reinstatement of clothing workers illegally fired for seeking to improve conditions and wages by forming unions in Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, El Salvador, and Mexico
helped secure backwages and severance for workers in Mexico and Central America
consulted with USAS regarding the establishment of the Worker Rights Consortium
served as “incubator” for the founding of STITCH, now an independent organization led by women.

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