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Garment Enforcement Report: January 1997 - March 1997

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

FY 1997 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, and education 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.

This report consists of a contractors and manufacturers list and enforcement statistics for the second quarter of the fiscal year, January 1, 1997 through March 31, 1997. 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.

Enforcement In 3 Major Garment Centers

January 1997 - March 1997

Map of U.S. highlighting data of CA & NY found in table (below).

Garment Enforcement Summary
January 1997 - March 1997
 

TOTAL

BOSTON

PHILA.

NEW YORK

CHICAGO

ATLANTA

CALIFORNIA

Number of Investigations Conducted

212

2

18

50

41

8

93

Number of Investigations with Violations

102

2

10

40

12

8

30

Amount of Back Wages Recovered

$486,716

$3,923

$5,818

$336,602

$11,276

$12,028

$117,069

Number of Employees Receiving Back Wages

1,367

16

57

788

46

83

377

Civil Fines Imposed

$52,133

$2,100

$950

$14,280

$0

$0

$34,803


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, 1997 and March 1, 1997 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 of 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 1997 - March 1997

Contractor

Back Wages found by Wage & Hour to be due contractor employees

Manufacturers Identified as Doing Business with Contractor During Investigation Period

EJE, Inc.
323 W. 39th St.
New York, NY 10018

$50,913

Meryl Diamond, Ltd.3
1384 Broadway
New York, NY 10018

Duncan Apparel, Inc.
40-22 College Point Blvd.
Flushing, NY 11354

$21,125

Jenny Fashion 3
1400 Broadway
New York, NY 10018

Michael Blake 3
1400 Broadway
New York, NY 10018

Regal II Fashion
839 40th St.
Brooklyn, NY 11232

$17,796

Early Warning 2
1384 Broadway
New York, NY 10018

Cheuk Wing Garment
1450 Harrison St.
Oakland, CA 94612

$16,800

Koret of California 3
611 Mission St.
San Francisco, CA 94105

Y.K.Y. Fashion, Inc.
225 W. 35th St.
New York, NY 10018

$9,871

Damas Atlantic2
5900 Decatur St.
Glendale, NY 11385

Gordana Fine Sportswear
1636 Decatur St.
Ridgewood, NY 11385

$7,714

Creative Cotton, Inc. 3
1407 Broadway
New York, NY 10018

Nina Fashion, Inc.
12620 Westminster
Santa Ana, CA 92706

$7,550

LA Gal
a/k/a Surf and Turf
3833 Hill St.
Los Angeles, CA 90015

Toan Ky Fashion
1900 Tyler
So. El Monte CA 91733

$6,852

Lee Thomas 3
13838 S. Figueroa
Los Angeles, CA 90061

Annie Fashion
830 S. Hill
Los Angeles, CA 90014

$6,635

Active USA 3
1100 San Pedro #15
Los Angeles, CA 90015

ICC Fashion
336 W. 37th St.
New York, NY 10018

$6,464

Jeffrey & Dara 3
1400 Broadway
New York, NY 10018

L & M Apparel
1318 60th St.
Brooklyn, NY 11219

$6,221

Carole Wren, Inc. 2 3
75 Ninth Ave.
New York, NY 10011

Why Not 2 3
102 4th St.
Brooklyn, NY 11231

Dan Ni Int'l (USA) Inc.
40-22 College Point Blvd.
Flushing, NY 11354

$5,801

Long Paige3
49A W. 39th St.
New York, NY 10018

Yong Xiang Int'l
Trade - NYC
248 W. 35th St.
New York, NY 10001

$5,649

Maxi's 3
224 W. 35th St.
New York, NY 10001

A&R Contractor
1700 E. 22nd St.
Los Angeles, CA 90058

$5,000

Guess ?, Inc. 2
1444 S. Alameda
Los Angeles, CA 90021

Boom-Boom 3
1733 S. Maple
Los Angeles, CA 90015

Gazoz
1616 S. Los Angeles St.
Los Angeles, CA 90015

Supreme 3
1935 Tubeway
Commerce, CA 90040

Mossimo 3
15320 Barranca Pkwy.
Irvine, CA 92718

1

$4,853

A & H Apparel Contractors 3
4141 W. Belmont
Chicago, IL 60641

Celia Fashion
(Augustin E. Linares)
810 Spring St.
Los Angeles, CA 90014

$4,757
(Unpaid)

Dixietex Int'l 3
1026 S. Wall St.
Los Angeles, CA 90015

MBB Marketing 3
920 S. Olive
Los Angeles, CA 90015

G.L. Garment, Inc.
261 10th Street
Oakland, CA 94607

$4,419

Direct Source Industries 3
400 Second St.
San Francisco, CA 94107

L.A. View
2416 S. San Pedro
Los Angeles, CA 90011

$4,141
(unpaid)

PA Fashion 3
1137 S. Santee
Los Angeles, CA 90015

Jini Wonderful 3
1128 S. Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA 90015

Carina Fashion 3
411 E. 12th
Los Angeles, CA 90015

D'Milo
7001 SW 46th St.
Miami, FL 33155

$3,812
(unpaid)

Lacer Sport 3
7575 NW 82nd St.
Miami, FL 33166

JMS Apparel 3
1090 E. 24th St.
Miami, FL 33013

Debra Fashion
6820 S. Central
Los Angeles, CA 90001

$3,797

Superior Togs of CA 3
777 E. Washington Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90021

X-Large 3
3361 Glendale Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90039

EBGB (KNL)
2155 E. 7th
Los Angeles, CA 90039

DKF 3
200 W. 134th
Los Angeles, CA 90061

Carroll Rhodes
315 Main St.
Avera, GA 30803

$3,718

Ranger Apparel 3
1536 Crescent
Augusta, GA 30909

Tony's Wear
47-09 30th St.
Long Island City,
NY 11104

$3,601

Damas Atlantic 2
5900 Decatur St.
Glendale, NY 11385

EJX Corporation
309 E. 8th St.
Los Angeles, CA 90014

$3,557

C & C Company 3
17822 Gilette
Irvine, CA 92614

Sewing Contractors
4141 W. Belmont
Chicago, IL 60641

$3,416

Uniforms To You 3
5600 W. 73rd St.
Chicago, IL 60638

Dan Howard Industries 3
4242 N. Knox Ave.
Chicago, IL 60641

Andrew Apparel
617 S. Morgan St.
Andrews, SC 29510

$3,342

Fun-Tees, Inc. 3
245 Manor Ave.
Concord, NC 28026

J & L Sportswear
14800 Golden West Blvd.
Westminster, CA 92683

$3,250

L'Koral, Inc. 2
5175 S. Soto
Vernon, CA 90058

Back 2 Back2
8669 Hayden Place
Culver City, CA 90232

Sunrise Sewing II
205 International Blvd.
Oakland, CA 94606

$3,233

Byer of California 2
66 Potrero Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94105

Adrimar
509 74th St.
Guttenberg, NJ 07093

$3,213

Fashion Land 3
18 Chapel Ave.
Jersey City, NJ 07303

YNK Fashion
122 E. 7th St.
Los Angeles, CA 90014

$3,019

Amiga
1119 S. LA St.
Los Angeles, CA 90015

Modern Dress Corp.
1590 Dorchester Ave.
Dorchester, MA 02124

$2,723

AV Sportswear, Inc. 3
d/b/a Avalanche Wear
155 Sixth St.
Chelsea, MA 02150

Global Tex, Inc. 3
180 Bodswell St.
Avon, MA 02322

Best Patterns, Inc.
5400 N. 6th
Philadelphia, PA 19120

$2,370

Mother's Work, Inc. 2
456 N. 5th St.
Philadelphia, PA 19123

Unique Images
10832 Capital
Garden Grove, CA 92643

$2,267

XOXO
6000 Sheila St.
Commerce, CA 90040

1

$2,225

Unique Shoreline 3
Apparel, Inc. 3305 W. Castor St.
Santa Ana, CA 92704

BT Mode
10772 Capital
Garden Grove, CA 92643

$1,913

Harkam Industries 2
(Jonathan Martin)
1157 S. Crocker St.
Los Angeles, CA 90021

Advanced Sewing
Contractors
3123 N. Pulaski
Chicago, IL 60641

$1,699

Psychographics 3
363 W. Erie
Chicago, IL 60610

Asia Jolie Modele Garment
235 W. 27th St.
Los Angeles, CA 90007

$1,535

Shateeon Fashion, Inc. 3
763 E. 14th St.
Los Angeles, CA 90021

Fritzi of California 2
199 1st St.
San Francisco, CA 94105

Carole Little
3434 S. Grand Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90007

K & J Sportswear
727 N. Meadow St.
Allentown, PA 18102

$1,510

Koral Fashion 3
311 Market St.
Kingston, PA 18704

1

$1,457

Pacific Cotton 3
2331 4th Street
Oakland, CA 94607

Paju Corp.
d/b/a K You
555 8th Ave.
New York, NY 10018

$1,380

NCC Sportswear, Inc.2
8000 Cooper Ave.
Glendale, NY 11379

Noah Enterprises, Ltd. 2 3
520 8th Ave.
New York, NY 10018

Tuan Le d/b/a
Chris Tailor
60 Clayton St.
Dorchester, MA 02124

$1,200

David H. Smith, Inc.
48 Main St.
N. Reading, MA 01864

Cross Roads, LLC 3
104 Summer St.
Stoughton, MA 02072

Charly & Sunny
1925 S. Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA 90011

$1,038

Bongo, Inc. 2 3
4560 Loma Vista
Vernon, CA 90058

Grind Inc.
5445 Oceanus
Huntington Beach, CA 92649

Big Time
1100 S. Wall St.
Los Angeles, CA 90015

L.P. Unity, Inc.
3123 N. Pulaski
Chicago, IL 60641

$1,031

L.S.P. Limited 3
1601 E. Mountain
Aurora, IL 60505

1

$1,018

Who ? Division 3
1000 E. 30th St.
Hialeah, FL 33013

Toan Ky Fashion
1900 Tyler
So. El Monte, CA 91733

In dispute

Tempted 3
1744 Santee
Los Angeles, CA 90015

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.

 



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