Across the United States, the movement for an increase in minimum wage is growing, but for Los Angeles’ 46,000-plus garment workers, getting paid any minimum wage has been an ongoing struggle. Senate ...

When a 51/2-year-old Fiorella Reginelli Mirabito stepped off a plane with her two parents, two suitcases and her little doll in 1968, she cried, because she could no longer understand the radio she ...

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With a range of economic incentives like the freshly built industrial parks for garment manufacturing, Ethiopia has positioned itself to become one of the world's top exporters of textile and garments ...

Storefronts on E. Pico Boulevard in the Garment District of Los Angeles. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images) As California continues to grapple with its spiraling homelessness crisis, ...

Wang Bing’s trilogy about young workers skillfully compresses five years of footage, replicating the rhythm of long hours at work and brief respites at home. Film still of Youth (Hard Times) (2024), ...

In the heart of Midtown Manhattan, New York City’s famous Garment District is home to the greatest concentration of fashion designers and manufacturers in America. Spanning just about 20 square blocks ...

Rosario Ruiz got a call from her boss in early April: The small factory on the southern edge of downtown L.A. where she sews T-shirts had work for her. It was getting into the mask business. The next ...