TY - JOUR AU - Bonacich, Edna PY - 1998/02/26 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Organizing Immigrant Workers in the Los Angeles Apparel Industry JF - Journal of World-Systems Research JA - JWSR VL - 4 IS - 1 SE - Global Labor Movements DO - 10.5195/jwsr.1998.159 UR - http://jwsr.pitt.edu/ojs/jwsr/article/view/159 SP - 10-19 AB - The apparel industry in the United States is declining. Every month new reports are put out enumerating the loss of jobs. Meanwhile, parallel numbers report the monthly rise of imports. However, even though apparel jobs are moving offshore, U.S.-based manufacturers and retailers still play a critical role in the production of apparel for the U.S. market. They have become multinational corporations. They now arrange for the production of their clothing in other countries, but they still remain in charge of ordering and marketing. ER -