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Stories by Lisa Liu
Sweatshops on American Soil
Posted on Jun 20, 2000, Source: Pacific News Service
An immigrant from China tells her story of doing piece work in a garment factory in Oakland, CA, where pressures just to survive leave her feeling as if she can't breathe.