Garment Worker Center

Yesterday in Los Angeles, we gathered and heard so many powerful stories from folks on what Workers Memorial Day means to them and why we continue to fight for healthy and safe workplaces. We heard from a domestic worker who lost her unborn child at work, car wash workers who lost their co-workers to Covid, a widow of a port driver who mourns her husband who was an outspoken advocate for driver's rights, a garment worker and GWC member who expressed disbelief at the continued... wage theft, substandard conditions and the effects of the Covid pandemic on his co-workers. We also heard from members of the Pilipino Workers Center who lifted up the names of all their loved ones who passed away from Covid-19. It's important that we continue the fight in memory of those that are no longer with us. We must also lift up legislation that will protect workers. In garment, we ask you to support the passage of #SB62 The Garment Worker Protection Act. It's time to end wage theft in the garment industry. For more information, visit garmentworkeract.org Thank you to all the organizations who attended and supported. A special thanks to @socalcosh. #WMD #WMD2021 #WorkersMemorialDay #WorkersMemorialWeek Thank you Chris Swainston for the amazing pictures. Toni G. Atkins Anthony J. Portantino Anthony Portantino See more

To Maria Isabel Vasquez Jimenez & all workers who remind us of the importance of worker health and safety protections, today is Workers’ Memorial Day. No worker... should risk her life on the job. To our farmworkers, caregivers, grocery and garment workers, teachers and school staff, port workers and delivery drivers, nurses and health workers, firefighters, security guards, janitors, hotel workers and housekeepers, construction and carwash workers, government, nonprofit, private employees, and all workers who keep us safe, fed, and strong. On Workers’ Memorial Day & everyday, we remember the dead and fight like hell for the living.

Today, we came together for Workers' Memorial Day to remember those we've lost to preventable workplace hazards. We honor the memory of those whose lives were l...ost and call on local and state officials to hold negligent employers accountable to putting workers over profit, and to pass stronger health & safety laws in our state. ____________________________________________ Hoy, nos reunimos para el Día de Conmemoración de los Trabajadores para recordar a aquellos que hemos perdido a causa de los peligros evitables en el lugar de trabajo. Honramos la memoria de aquellos cuyas vidas se perdieron y pedimos a los funcionarios locales y estatales que responsabilicen a los empleadores negligentes de poner a los trabajadores por encima de las ganancias y que aprueben leyes de salud y seguridad más estrictas en nuestro estado. #wmw2021 #workshouldnotkill Southern California Coalition for Occupational Safety and Health Pilipino Workers Center (PWC) IDEPSCA Our People Our Port Garment Worker Center Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy

Daisy González en el programa Suplemento Comunitario hablando sobre la ley SB62 y la industria de la costura.

Today! A member leader from GWC and our Director will join Pratt's Earth Action Week in a panel discussion - "Repairing Fashion". Please join us!

#SB62, our bill with the Garment Worker Center to close loopholes that allow wage theft to the tune of tens of millions of dollars per week in the garment industry, just passed the Senate Judiciary Committee and will now move to the Senate Appropriations Committee!

Garment workers around the world and right here at home in California remain vulnerable to the ravages of the pandemic and are routinely exploited. #CALeg needs to step up to protect these workers with #SB62. Let's get this done! Senator María Elena Durazo Garment Worker Center

Los Angeles - 4/28 @ 10:30am - LA City Hall South Lawn Join Garment Worker Center along with L.A.’s OSH Activist Network for a Workers’ Memorial Day Altar and Press Conference. We have a symbolic community altar at L.A. City Hall's South Lawn to remember workers who have passed away, and demand state and local leadership to pass protections that put WORKERS FIRST. Please come in masks, and with pictures, flowers, and any other items to contribute to our community altar to remember those we've lost. https://tinyurl.com/LAWMD2021

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Exámenes de Covid19 gratis la próxima semana de parte de El Centro De Trabajadores De Costura. Inviten a sus compañeros y compañeras de trabajo, familia y comunidad.

Es bueno ver tanta solidaridad esta mañana en la oficina de la Junta de Supervisores de Los Ángeles para exigir que aprueben los Consejos de Salud Pública. Los miembros de El Centro De Trabajadores De Costura estaban en vigor. #solidaridad Great to see so much solidarity this morning at the Los Angeles Board Of Supervisors office to demand that they pass Public Health Councils. GWC Members were out in force. #solidarity #CouncilsNotCovid

Join GWC and the community as we demand that the LA Board Of Supervisors vote on Public Health Councils. The public and our community must be kept safe from Covid-19.

Únase a organizaciones y la comunidad el miércoles 21 de octubre a las 8 am para una próxima acción para honrar a los que han fallecido de Covid19 y exigir que la Junta de Supervisores apruebe los consejos de salud pública en su próxima reunión. Se implementará el distanciamiento social y otros procedimientos de salud pública. Miércoles 21 de octubre | 8 am en Kenneth Hahn Hall of Administration 500 W. Temple St. LA, CA 90012... Join Workers, Organizations and the Community Wednesday, Oct. 21 at 8am for an upcoming action to honor those that have passed from Covid19 and demand the Board of Supervisors pass public health councils at their next meeting. Public health councils would allow workers to demand changes in their workplace to stay safe from Covid19. Social distancing & other public health procedures will be implemented. Wednesday, October 21 | 8am at Kenneth Hahn Hall of Administration 500 W. Temple St. LA, CA 90012

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Shared from the AFL CIO Twitter account.

"Unfortunately, the L.A. garment industry is a sweatshop industry," says Marissa Nuncio, director of Garment Worker Center. The average garment worker makes $6/hour, though they're actually paid by piece (2 to 8 cents per piece). The GWC wants to change that. https://www.instyle.com//garment-workers-center-sweatshop-

"The wages are not enough for a living wage" says Garment Worker Center member Yeni Dewi who was paid $125 dollars for 55 hours worth of work in Los Angeles sweatshops. Check out 'Amplifying The Voice Of Garment Workers To Build A Resilient Supply Chain." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Jyd52oy5Sk

Please join UFCW 770 for a National Month of Mourning, to honor those impacted by Covid-19. They will be hosting a vigil and altar at their office next week, in which workers and community leaders can put offerings onto it. Then on Oct 26th 770 will host a small event on Facebook Live at 2pm, to honor the over 200,000 Americans who have passed. Please share this information. #SolidarityForever UFCW770 Únase a UFCW 770 para un Mes Nacional de Luto, para honrar a los afectados por Covid-19. La semana que viene organizarán una vigilia y un altar en su oficina, en el que los trabajadores y los líderes comunitarios podrán poner ofrendas. Luego, el 26 de octubre, 770 organizará un pequeño evento en Facebook Live a las 2 pm, para honrar a los más de 200,000 estadounidenses que han fallecido. Por favor comparte información