Object Details
Description
On August 2, 1995, police officers raided a fenced seven-unit apartment complex in El Monte, California. They arrested eight operators of a clandestine garment sweatshop and freed 72 workers who were being forced to sew garments in virtual captivity. Smuggled from Thailand into the United States, the laborers’ plight brought a national spotlight to domestic sweatshop production and resulted in increased enforcement by federal and state labor agencies. The publicity of the El Monte raid also put added pressure on the apparel industry to reform its labor and business practices domestically and internationally.
Location
Currently not on view
Credit Line
Jose Reynoso
date made
Late 20th Century
ID Number
1996.0293.01
accession number
1996.0293
catalog number
1996.0293.01
Object Name
Razor wire
Razor Wire, Roll of
Physical Description
steel (overall material)
Measurements
overall: 56 cm; 22 1/16 in
place made
United States
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Data Source
National Museum of American History
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_766493