Clothing industry

A worker sews Fashion Nova clothing in a garment factory in downtown Los Angeles on April 1, 2019. (AP/GDA via AP Images/The New York Times/Jessica Pons)

Los Angeles garment workers, lawmakers cite faith in fight for fair wages

A newly passed California state law, the Garment Worker Protection Act, moves to end paying workers by piece produced rather than by hourly wage. Piece-rate compensation can amount to as little as $5 an hour.

Anna Sacks, known online as @thetrashwalker, has gone viral for sharing her trash finds, as well as for highlighting a practice of many retailers: destroying usable items before placing them in the dumpster. (Patricia Lopez Ramos)
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