Garment Industry Targeted.Self-monitoring by garment manufacturers -- once touted by the Department of Labor as a low-cost way to clean up the industry -- has done little to reduce wage and hour violations, especially in Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. , according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. recent state and federal investigations. Only one-third of the clothing makers inspected in Los Angeles this year were in compliance with federal and state labor laws labor law, legislation dealing with human beings in their capacity as workers or wage earners. The Industrial Revolution, by introducing the machine and factory production, greatly expanded the class of workers dependent on wages as their source of income. , a slightly poorer showing than the 39 percent of two years ago. State and federal labor officials have relied primarily on voluntary self-policing by the industry. A cornerstone of that policy has been the hiring of private monitors by manufacturers. About 70 percent of Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, garment makers contacted in a recent federal survey paid for such a monitoring service The general surveillance of known air traffic movements by reference to a radar scope presentation or other means, for the purpose of passing advisory information concerning conflicting traffic or providing navigational assistance. . Critics charge that manufacturers often hire monitoring companies to shield themselves from responsibility, yet continue to set their rates so low that contractors must cheat workers or go out of business. |
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