Acknowledgements

This report is dedicated to workers who fight exploitation

and change the consciousness of society.

We would like to thank the women workers who have come forward and shared their stories with us.  We are also grateful to members of the Chinese Staff and Workers Association and the National Mobilization Against Sweat Shops for bringing to our attention sweatshop conditions in New York City.  We would like to express our gratitude to the translators and the interviewers who helped make this report possible.  Special thanks to James Hsi and Michelle Travis for helping with the background research and to Mark Charette for his help. The report was written and edited by Shahbano Aliani and Sarah Zaidi.

We gratefully acknowledge the generous financial support of the Ford Foundation and the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.

This preliminary study, based on interviews with several workers who were employed in the Choe factories producing garments for Donna Karan International, Inc., is part of a larger project on sweatshop conditions in the United States.  The views expressed in this report are those of the Center for Economic and Social Rights and do not necessarily represent views of other contributors or organizations.