What We Have Done

  • 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
  • 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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