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Garment Enforcement Report: January 1998 - March 1998

Wage & Hour Division
U.S. Department of Labor
Alexis M. Herman, Secretary

FY1998 Second Quarter Garment Enforcement Report

The Department of Labor is committed to eradicating garment sweatshops and bringing the garment industry into compliance with U.S. labor laws. Encouraging manufacturers to be aware of which contractors consistently violate the law, and to monitor formally their contractors for compliance with minimum wage and overtime laws, is an important step toward the goal of bringing long lasting positive changes for workers in the industry.

To that end, the Department of Labor has developed a multi-pronged strategy of enforcement, recognition, education and partnerships to eradicate worker abuse in the U.S. garment industry.

Enforcement

The Wage and Hour Division conducts targeted enforcement sweeps in major garment centers and notifies manufacturers of the "hot goods" provision of the Fair Labor Standards Act which prevents the shipment of goods made in violation by contractors.

Recognition

The Department's Trendsetter List highlights retailers and manufacturers that have assumed responsibility for monitoring practices of contractors that make their garments.

Education

Through its garment public service announcement initiative, the Department utilizes print and radio public service announcements and a new Internet World Wide Web site to provide information to consumers interested in helping to combat worker abuse.

Partnership

Working with retailers, manufacturers, unions, consumer groups, religious organizations, worker advocates, and other concerned parties, the Department of Labor serves as the catalyst for collective action.

This report consists of a contractors and manufacturers list and enforcement statistics for the second quarter of the fiscal year, January 1, 1998 through March 31, 1998. The manufacturers list contains the names of firms Wage and Hour has contacted to notify them that contractors with whom they do business have been investigated and found to violate the FLSA. The report also contains enforcement results in the industry from the second quarter.

We have designated by bold face type firms that appeared on prior reports.

The Department of Labor believes that manufacturer monitoring programs are a key tool for improving contractor compliance with the FLSA. Wage and Hour staff are available to provide technical assistance to any company that would like to learn how to implement cost-effective internal monitoring. The phone number of the Wage and Hour office closest to you can be found in the government blue pages section of the phone book, listed under U.S. Labor Department, Employment Standards, Wage and Hour Division.

Enforcement In 4 Major Garment Centers

January 1998 - March 1998
Map of U.S. highlighting data found in table (below).

 

Garment Enforcement Summary
April 1997 - June 1997

TOTAL

DALLAS

PHILA.

NEW YORK

ATLANTA

CALIF.

CHICAGO /
KANSAS CITY

Number of
Investigations
Conducted

201

13

13

75

40

58

2

Number of
Investigations
with Violationsv

99

6

5

39

10

39

0

Amount of
Back Wages
Recovered

$655,653

$7,926

$8,566

$250,824

$23,053

$365,284

$0

Number of
Employees
Receiving
Back Wages

1,518

10

25

570

27

886

0

Civil Fines
Imposed

$108,265

$32,750

$0

$36,500

$0

$39,015

$0

How the list was compiled

As part of its enforcement process, the Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division contacts a garment manufacturer when an investigation reveals that a sewing contractor with whom the manufacturer does business has violated the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Listed below are the names of manufacturers contacted between January 1, 1998 and March 31, 1998 and informed of contractor violations. In a few cases the manufacturer contact occurred earlier, but inclusion of the case in the report was delayed. The contractors and manufacturers are included on this list based on investigative findings of violations, not a judicial determination that any firm has violated the law.

Except where noted, the violations have been resolved and back wages paid by either the contractor or the manufacturer. If all or part of the back wages found by Wage and Hour to be owed to the contractor's employees have not been paid, this is noted by the designation "unpaid" in the Back Wages column. Payment of back wages does not constitute an admission of liability by any firm.

Only cases in which Wage and Hour found back wages due in excess of $1,000, whether for employees of a contractor or manufacturer, are included on the list. Manufacturers on the list did not necessarily receive goods produced in violation of the FLSA for which back wages were owed, or pay all or part of the back wages: Wage and Hour notifies manufacturers of violations by contractors with whom they did business during the relevant time frame regardless of whether the goods involved were produced for that manufacturer. The manufacturer may or may not still be doing business with the contractor.

The contractors are listed in descending order by the amount of back wages found due. The severity of contractors' violations, however, cannot be compared on the basis of the dollar amounts on this list. Back wage amounts paid to contractor employees vary based upon the facts, circumstances and time periods involved. When there has been no final determination of whether there were any FLSA violations, or, where there were violations, of the amount of back wages owed, the case is listed at the end of the Report with the notation "In Dispute" in the back wage column.

Footnotes designate manufacturers that were contacted because of their own violations; manufacturers that have agreed to monitor or are monitoring their contractors for future compliance; and manufacturers that appear for the first time on a Garment Enforcement Report. Firms that have been included on prior Reports are in boldface type.

The Report presents all information available to the Department of Labor as of the date of publication with respect to the reported investigations. If the Department obtains new information pertinent to an investigation on the Report after that date, it will update the Report, both the Internet and hard copy versions, to reflect that new information.

This list does not constitute an endorsement by the federal government of any company, nor does it constitute disapproval of any company.

Apparel Manufacturers Contacted
January 1998 - March 1998

Contractor

Back Wages found by Wage Hour to be due contractor employees

Manufacturers Identified as Doing Business with Contractor During
Investigation Period

P.T. Apparel Products, Inc.
941 61St.st
Brooklyn, NY 11220

$109,995

RLWW, Inc. 2,3
550 7th Ave.
New York, NY 10018

(1)

$30,535

Duo Sportswear 3
1503 E. McFadden Ave.
Santa Ana, CA 92705

Easy Way Productions
Qiao Jing Fashion
530A 63rd St
Brooklyn, NY 11220 .

$26,000

Norton McNaughton 2
463 7th Ave.
New York, NY 10018 Nu Venture 2
463 7th Ave.
New York, NY 10018

Bryan Factory
3720 Warner Ave.
Santa Ana, CA 92704

$20,153

California Concepts 2
2140 W. 139th St.
Gardena, CA 90249

Vivacity, Inc. 3
1501 E. 29th St.
Los Angeles, CA 90011

Gotcha
9600 Toledo Way
Irvine, CA 92619

White Horse Sportswear, Inc.
947 61st St.
Brooklyn, NY 11220

$17,224

The Casablanca Group, LP 2,3
519 8th Ave.
New York, NY 10018

Immanuel Fashion
1801 S. Olive St.
Los Angeles, CA 90015

$17,000

Diamond's
1142 S. San Julian St.
Los Angeles, CA 90015

If 3
1022-A S. Santee St.
Los Angeles, CA 90015

Cozy 3
1100 S. San Pedro St.
Los Angeles, CA 90015

Elsies Clothing, Inc.
2736 E. Firestone Blvd.
South Gate, CA 90280

$16,710

Jinell3
1031 S. Broadway
Los Angeles, CA 90015

Color Me Nice 3
1257 S. LA St.
Los Angeles, CA 90015

(1)

$16,705

Little Laura of California 2
1655 Mateo St.
Los Angeles, CA 90021

Jung Young, Inc.
1470 W. Venice Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90006

$12,000

Match 3
112 W. 9th St.
Los Angeles, CA 90015

Savoy 3
1126 S. Maple
Los Angeles, CA 90015

L.A. Gate 3
1437 Santee
Los Angeles, CA 90015

New York 3
1048 Santee
Los Angeles, CA 90015

Oliver Fashion, Inc.
108-39 46th Ave.
Corona, NY 11368

$11,928

Justine B. Jones 3
1410 Broadway
New York, NY 10018

Fashion Lab 3
1412 Broadway
New York, NY 10018

Koko, Inc.
46-23 Crane St.
Long Island City, NY 11101

$11,146

Alyn Paige 2
49B W. 47th St.
New York, NY 10018

K&W of California
15142 Goldenwest Circle
Westminster, CA 92683

$10,498

J.B. Trinity Fashion, Inc. 3
1155 E. Pico Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90021

Put On, Inc.
555 8th Ave.
New York, NY 10018

$9,201

Cindy Collins, Inc. 2,3
132 W. 36th St.
New York, NY 10018

K.T.I. Fashion
941 61st St.
Brooklyn, NY 11220

$8,791

Reina Industrial 3
135 W. 36th St.
New York, NY 10018

Wing Sing Sportswear
833 65th St.
Brooklyn, NY 11220

$8,720

Jouly Fashion, Inc. 3
1850 Ocean Pkwy.
Brooklyn, NY 11223

Joe Benbasset
253 W. 35th St.
New York, NY 10007

DP Fashion
12861 Western Ave., Suite F&G
Garden Grove, CA 92641

$8,000

City Lights
3022 S. Grand
Los Angeles, CA 90007

(1)

$7,935

A&M Bias Company 3
9037½ Long Beach
South Gate, CA 90280

Linda Fashion
111 W. 7th St.

$7,686

Hi Sun 3
545 E. 11th St.
Los Angeles, CA 90014 Los Angeles, CA 90015

Tamina 3
1124 S. Maple St.
Los Angeles, CA 90015

Yung's Fashion
39 E. Broadway
New York, NY 10002

$7,015

Reina Industrial 3
135 W. 36th St.
New York, NY 10018

Barry Morgan 3
501 7th Ave.
New York, NY 10018

You & You Fashion
724 S. Spring St.
Los Angeles, CA 90014

$6,953

Gold I Apparel 3
1921 Tarleton St.
Los Angeles, CA 90021

Sungdo International 2
3154 Harcourt St.
Rancho Dominguez, CA 90221

Grayson Sewing
520 E. Houston
Sherman, TX 75090

$6,534

Alexander Campbell 3
14030 Markison Rd.
Dallas, TX 75238

Bonnie Boynton 3
3151 Commonwealth Dr.
Dallas, TX 75247

SGS Studios, Inc. 2
11880 Shiloh Rd.
Dallas, TX 75228

Grayson Sewing
520 E. Houston
Sherman, TX 75090

$6,032
(unpaid)

Sunny South 3
7777 Hines Pl.
Dallas, TX 75235

Cotton House, Inc.
3858 S. Broadway Pl.
Los Angeles, CA 90021

$6,009

LA Express 3
3844 S. Santa Fe
Vernon, CA 90058

Linda Kay 3
9551 Irondale Ave.
Chatsworth, CA 91311

Design Limited 3
417 E. 15th St.
Los Angeles, CA 90015

Go Go 3
1955 Long Beach Blvd.
Long Beach, CA 90806

American Comix 3
821 S. Raymond Ave.
Alhambra, CA 91803

Roma Knit Wear, Inc.
71-13 60th Lane
Ridgewood, NY 11385

$5,981

Marvin Knitting Mills, Inc. 3
15-35 126th St.
College Pt., NY 11356

Sue Wan Fashion, Inc.
1424 Sheepshd. Bay Rd.
Brooklyn, NY 11235

$5,840

Fashion Headquarters 2
525 7th Ave.
New York, NY 10018

Just in Thyme, Ltd. 2,3
1400 Broadway
New York, NY 10018

Trend Knits, Inc.
4085 Prosperity Lane
Hudson, NC 28638

$5,734

Island Textiles 3
340 Morgan Street
Valdese, NC 28690

Z&J Fashions
4414 Santa Monica Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90029

$5,331

BCBG 2
2761 Fruitland Ave.
Vernon, CA 90058

Wrapper
1900 Sacramento St.
Los Angeles, CA 90021

Fashion Point
315 E. 8th St.
Los Angeles, CA 90014

$5,054

Vanity 3
115 E. 11th St.
Los Angeles, CA 90015

Together 3
521 E. 11th St.
Los Angeles, CA 90015

Eva's Fashion
1918 S. Vermont
Los Angeles, CA 90007

$4,953

Imagine Kids, Inc. 3
1223 Wall St.
Los Angeles, CA 90015

(1)

$4,755

Spoiled Rotten
1212 S. Olive St.
Los Angeles, CA 90015

Patty's Sewing
4474 Spring Valley
Dallas, TX 75244

$4,714

Watters & Watters 2
4320 Spring Valley Rd.
Dallas, TX 75244

Kam How, Inc./Multipro, Inc.
455 W. 24th St.
Chicago, IL 60623

$4,268

Caron, Inc. 3
350 W. Kinzie
Chicago, IL 60610

MK Pinnacle
255 W. 36th St.
New York, NY 10018

$4,218

Jeffrey & Dara
1400 Broadway
New York, NY 10018

Erica Simone
500 7th Ave.
New York, NY 10018

LA Sewing Co.
333 Andover Dr.
Burbank, CA 91504

$4,092

Uptown Fashion 3
1100 S. Wall St.
Los Angeles, CA 90015

Try 3
534 E. 11th St.
Los Angeles, CA 90015

Pastel Fashion 3
1100 S. San Pedro St.
Los Angeles, CA 90015

Dha Joo Yae, Inc.
2224 S. Main St.
Los Angeles, CA 90007

$4,011

Back Stage 3
650 E. 16th St.
Los Angeles, CA 90015

JB America 2
3855 S. Hill St.
Los Angeles, CA 90037

Woo-Ami, Inc.
5525 S. McKinley Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90011

$3,956

Vertical Ideas 3
3955 S. Broadway Pl.
Los Angeles, CA 90037

Beauty Sportswear 3
3031 Bandini Blvd.
Vernon, CA 90023

Cotton Generations 3
4754 E. 49th St.
Vernon, CA 90058

L&P Fashion
7211 Garden Grove Blvd. #0201-A
Garden Grove, CA 92641

$3,800

LA Gal
3833 S. Hill St.
Los Angeles, CA 90037

CR Fashions
1682 E. 41st
Los Angeles, CA 90011

$3,715

Topson Downs of CA 2
830 E. 14th Pl.
Los Angeles, CA 90021

DeLavid Jeans 3
305 E. 9th St.
Los Angeles, CA 90015

Indigo 3
420 W. Ave. 33

Los Angeles, CA 90031

Spoiled Rotten

1212 S. Olive St.
Los Angeles, CA 90015

Cee Sportswear 3
2071 Saturn Ave.

Huntington Park, CA 90255

CM Apparel Group 3
1612 W. Rosecrans

Gardena, CA 90249

Zheng Tailor Shop
710 Norris St.
Philadelphia, PA 19148

$3,588

L&C Manufacturing 3
335 E. Clearfield St.

Philadelphia, PA 19134

Garden State Apparel, Inc. 3
7112 Airport Hwy.

Pennsauken, NJ 08109

Sarah Fashion
2782 Grundry Ave.
Signal Hill, CA 90806

$3,203

Divine Collection 3
3500 S. Avalon Blvd.

Los Angeles, CA 90011

Sew We Care
10144 E. Rush St.
S. El Monte, CA 91733

$3,078

CS Sportswear 3
2532 Seaman Ave.

S. El Monte, CA 91733

BB Fashion 3
1702 S. San Pedro St.

Los Angeles, CA 90015

Mister Remo of CA 2
1801 Flower Ave.

Duarte, CA 91010

Gill Fashion
719 S. Los Angeles St.
Los Angeles, CA 90014

$2,783

Born in America 3
1263 Elwood St.

Los Angeles, CA 90021

Se Kwang

6400 E. Washington Blvd.
Commerce, CA 90040

Twins Fashion
1106 North Mohawk St.
Los Angeles, CA 90026

$2,658

The Apparel Group 3
2301 E. Pacifica Place
Rancho Dominguez, CA 90220

New Koa Fashions
247 W. 37th St.
New York, NY 10018

$2,541

Glori's Fashions 3
134 W. 37th St.
New York, NY 10018

De-Laru Fashions 3
1375 Broadway

New York, NY 10018

Visage Royal

252 W. 37th St.
New York, NY 10018

Lavan Fashion 3
498 7th Ave.
New York, NY 10018

Jeans Compostela
5050 Everett Ct.
Vernon, CA 90058

$2,422

RSV Sports, Inc. 2
6565 E. Washington Blvd.
Commerce, CA 90040

Private Label Industries 3
1261 S. Boyle Ave.

Los Angeles, CA 90023

Cotton Generation, Inc.
4754 E. 49th St.
Vernon, CA 90058

$2,244

1020 Worldwide 3
119 Springfield

Union, NJ 07083

Big Bisou, Inc. 2
2100 S. Figueroa St.

Los Angeles, CA 90007

(1)

$1,955

Peerless Uniform 3
21600 Lassen St.

Chatsworth, CA 91311

Seamguest
3750 W. 16th Ave.
Hialeah, FL 33012

$1,527

Johnny Heaven 3
3750 N.W. 81st St.
Miami, FL 33147

Olian, Inc. 3
12195 S.W. 132nd St.
Miami, FL 33186

S.R.A., Inc.
900 Passaic Ave.
E. Newark, NJ 07029

$1,440

Lorovi, Inc., Div. of Sackables 3
463 7th Ave.
New York, NY 10018

Marvin Richards
500 7th Ave.
New York, NY 10018

Marisa Boutique
2830 N. Beach
Ft. Worth, TX 76111

$1,302

Watters & Watters 2
4320 Spring Valley Rd.
Dallas, TX 75244

Forum Trading
13-17 Crosby St.
New York, NY 10013

$1,253

The Daisy Group 2,3
152-15 10th Ave.
Whitestone, NY 11357

David Paul 2
D.A.M. Clothing

1411 Broadway
New York, NY 10018

BFJ Gonzalez Fashion, Inc.
505 N. Brannick Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90063

$1,245

Sharon Anthony
234 W. 146th St.
Gardena, CA 90248

Paris Blues 2
343 E. Jefferson Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90011

Shyan, Inc. 3
941 E. 3rd St.
Los Angeles, CA 90013

Universal Fashion
13040 Hoover
Westminster, CA 90014

$1,161

Spencer Alexis
2250 E. 11th St.
Los Angeles, CA 90021

Capacity Unlimited 3
3801 Broadway Pl.

Los Angeles, CA 90037

Nina Piccalino 2
1020 E. 14th St.
Los Angeles, CA 90021

JK Fashion
17000 S. Vermont Ave.
Gardena, CA 90247

$1,146

Zenobia Manufacturer 3
1100 S. San Pedro St.

Los Angeles, CA 90015

Aurora Fashion, Inc. 3
507 E. 11th St.
Los Angeles, CA 90015

Coquette California 3
1700 S. Vermont

Gardena, CA 90247

Nguyen Fashion
12800 Garden Grove
Garden Grove, CA 92840

$1,111

Bianca 3
225 E. 11th St.
Los Angeles, CA 90015

Village Fashion 3
939 E. 31st St.
Los Angeles, CA 90011

Sioux Fashion
830 S. Hill St.
Los Angeles, CA 90014

$1,081

California Concepts 2
2140 W. 139th St.
Gardena, CA 90249

Gloria Lance 3
1561 S. Broadway

Gardena, CA 90248

M&L Manufacturing
3454 Highway 68
Madisonville, TN 37354

$1,012

DCB Corp. 2,3
233 Industrial Park Rd.
Madisonville, TN 37354

Chuan Hing Sew Co.
2141 Mission #100
San Francisco, CA 94110

$1,004

Byer 2
66 Potrero Ave.

San Francisco, CA 94107

Golden S. Fashion
724 S. Spring St.
Los Angeles, CA 90015

In Dispute

DMC 3
2433 E. 8th St.
Los Angeles, CA 90021

P&L Fashion
831 E. 61st St.
Los Angeles, CA 90001

In Dispute

Chere Amie 2
1439 S. Herbert Ave.

Commerce, CA 90023

Gallop 3

413 W. Gardena
Gardena, CA 90248

Footnote:

1. Manufacturer contacted because of own violations.
2. Manufacturer agreed to begin monitoring programs, or has a monitoring in place.
3. First time manufacturer has been included on Enforcement Report.

* Manufacturers on the list that have agreed to monitor their contractors for future compliance are designated with an asterisk.

 



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