Garment workers face another extended run in sweatshop suit.(Up Front)(Forever 21 Inc.)

From: Los Angeles Business Journal | Date: March 29, 2004| Author: Berry, Kate | Copyright information

When Guadalupe Hernandez added her name to a lawsuit against Forever 21 Inc. three years ago, she was fired from her job at a downtown sewing factory and hasn't worked in the garment industry since.

"All of the factory owners communicate with each other and I was put on a blacklist," said Hernandez, 29, of Highland Park, describing in Spanish how she earned $4 an hour working 10 hours a day, six days a week, in a factory with no running water and one bathroom.

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