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HRES 710 118th Congress House Labor and Employment

Honoring the Thai-American garment workers who opened the country's eyes to sweatshop conditions in the United States and, against all odds, expanded rights for immigrant workers and survivors of…

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Honoring the Thai-American garment workers who opened the country's eyes to sweatshop conditions in the United States and, against all odds, expanded rights for immigrant workers and survivors of human trafficking while holding corporations responsible for the conditions in which their clothes are made.

Introduced: September 20, 2023 Introduced by: Chu, Judy Democratic · California See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Sep 20, 2023
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This resolution honors the Thai garment workers who were freed from the El Monte, California, sweatshop in 1995 and the many legal, cultural, and policy changes that resulted from the sweatshop case. The resolution also recognizes the individuals who continue to fight against exploitative working conditions.

What's happening now September 20, 2023

Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

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 Cosponsors 10
All 10 Democratic 8
Cárdenas, Tony
· Oct 11, 2023
 D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Sep 27, 2023
 D
Gomez, Jimmy
California · Sep 21, 2023
 D
Green, Al
Texas · Sep 21, 2023
 D
Barragán, Nanette Diaz
California · Sep 20, 2023
 D
Jacobs, Sara
California · Sep 20, 2023
 D
Meng, Grace
New York · Sep 20, 2023
Napolitano, Grace
· Sep 20, 2023
 D
Sánchez, Linda T.
California · Sep 20, 2023
 D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Sep 20, 2023
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Res. 710: Honoring the Thai-American garment workers who opened the country's eyes to sweatshop conditions in the United States and, against all odds, expanded rights for immigrant workers and survivors of human trafficking while holding corporations responsible for the conditions in which their clothes are made.. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HRES-710/
MLA
"H. Res. 710: Honoring the Thai-American garment workers who opened the country's eyes to sweatshop conditions in the United States and, against all odds, expanded rights for immigrant workers and survivors of human trafficking while holding corporations responsible for the conditions in which their clothes are made.." 118th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HRES-710/.
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H. Res. 710, 118th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HRES-710/.
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[H. Res. 710: Honoring the Thai-American garment workers who opened the country's eyes to sweatshop conditions in the United States and, against all odds, expanded rights for immigrant workers and survivors of human trafficking while holding corporations responsible for the conditions in which their clothes are made.](https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HRES-710/)
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