An older woman in a UNITE! t-shirt holds a big sign that reads: "This is a bill for your DIRTY LAUNDRY from: Workers and Community Cleaning up the Garment Industry -- to: Made in the Shade hardstyle International, 110 E. 9th St., L.A. - Wage and hour Violations - by: Department of Labor." In her hand is a soda can sealed with duck tape, likely a home made noise maker.
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Day of Conscience Against Sweatshops

A garment worker carries a “Bill For Your Dirty Laundry” at a “Day of Conscience to End Sweatshops” rally and march in Los Angeles’ garment district on October 4, 1997. Organized by UNITE and its allies as part of their campaign against Guess? Jeans, the event was part of a national day of action that aimed to pressure the Presidential Task Force on Apparel Manufacturing to enforce a strong accord that would protect garment workers’ rights in Los Angeles and around the world. 

Photograph by Linda A. Lotz, CLUE records (LSC.2441), UCLA Library Special Collections Collection Information: https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8g167r7/

View more of Lotz’ photos from the CLUE collection here.