Wages — Garment workers–Los Angeles (Calif.).

  • Velvet Sledgehammer: March 28, 1984[?]

    Production reel for the March 28 (1984?) episode of The Velvet Sledgehammer. Contains a women’s news segment, “Hot Flashes” with Karen Barrett of Majority Report. Next is a women’s health update with Eileen Zalisk. She interviews Ann Teicher, co-chair of the Coalition for the International Day of Action and Karen Stamm of the Committee to…

  • Garment workers in Los Angeles (Part 2 of 2)

    This documentary examines working conditions, alleged abuses, the role of the unions, the plight of undocumented workers, and other problems facing the garment industry in Los Angeles. Program features Mario Vazquez, international organizer for the International Ladies’ Garment Workers Union (ILGWU); Bernard Brown, vice president of Koret of California; James Quillin, Labor Commissioner for the…

  • Garment workers in Los Angeles (Part 1 of 2)

    This documentary examines working conditions, alleged abuses, the role of the unions, the plight of undocumented workers, and other problems facing the garment industry in Los Angeles. Program features Mario Vazquez, international organizer for the International Ladies’ Garment Workers Union (ILGWU); Bernard Brown, vice president of Koret of California; James Quillin, Labor Commissioner for the…