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El Monte Thai garment slavery case, the Glossary

On August 2, 1995, 72 Thai nationals were found working in conditions of slavery in a makeshift garment factory consisting of a row of residential duplexes in El Monte, California, just east of Los Angeles.^[1]

22 relations: Appalachian State University, Chanchanit Martorell, Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles, Daily Bruin, El Monte, California, Fabric (play), Ford Foundation, Henry Ong, Julie Su, Koreatown Immigrant Workers Alliance, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Daily News, Los Angeles Times, Pasadena Star-News, Thai Community Development Center, Thailand, The Militant, The San Diego Union-Tribune, Union of Needletrades, Industrial & Textile Employees, United States Department of Homeland Security, United States Secretary of Labor, Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000.
Crime in California
Debt bondage
History of slavery in California
Human trafficking in Thailand

Appalachian State University

Appalachian State University (Appalachian, App State, or App) is a public university in Boone, North Carolina.

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Chanchanit Martorell

Chanchanit Martorell (born in Bangkok, Thailand), is an activist, educator, urban planner, and a community development practitioner.

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Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles

The Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights, also known as CHIRLA, is a Los Angeles county-based organization focusing on immigrant rights.

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Daily Bruin

The Daily Bruin is the student newspaper at the University of California, Los Angeles.

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El Monte, California

El Monte (Spanish for "The Mountain") is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States.

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Fabric (play)

Fabric, written by playwright Henry Ong, is the only known dramatization of the 1995 El Monte Thai Garment Slavery Case. El Monte Thai garment slavery case and Fabric (play) are history of slavery in California.

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Ford Foundation

The Ford Foundation is an American private foundation with the stated goal of advancing human welfare.

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Henry Ong

Henry Ong (November 23, 1949 – September 29, 2018) was an internationally produced playwright whose works have been produced at the Old Globe Theatre, San Diego; Singapore Repertory Theatre; Latchmere Theatre, London; Queens Theatre in the Park, NY; Bailiwick Theatre, Chicago;, Whitefire Theatre, Los Angeles; Grove Theater Center, Los Angeles, "The Trollope Society" Retrieved 21 July 2015.

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Julie Su

Julie A. Su (born February 19, 1969) is an American attorney and government official who is serving as acting United States Secretary of Labor since 2023 and the 37th United States Deputy Secretary of Labor since 2021.

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Koreatown Immigrant Workers Alliance

The Koreatown Immigrant Workers Alliance (KIWA, pronounced kee-wah), also known under its past name Korean Immigrant Workers Advocates, is a multi-ethnic immigrant worker civil rights membership organization based in the Los Angeles Koreatown area.

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Los Angeles

Los Angeles, often referred to by its initials L.A., is the most populous city in the U.S. state of California.

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Los Angeles Daily News

The Los Angeles Daily News is the second-largest-circulating paid daily newspaper of Los Angeles, California, after the unrelated Los Angeles Times, and the flagship newspaper of the Southern California News Group, a branch of Colorado-based Digital First Media.

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Los Angeles Times

The Los Angeles Times is a regional American daily newspaper that began publishing in Los Angeles, California in 1881.

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Pasadena Star-News

The Pasadena Star-News is a paid local daily newspaper for the greater Pasadena, California area.

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The Thai Community Development Center (Thai CDC) is a nonprofit NGO in Los Angeles, California that assists Thai and other immigrants.

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Thailand

Thailand, officially the Kingdom of Thailand and historically known as Siam (the official name until 1939), is a country in Southeast Asia on the Indochinese Peninsula.

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The Militant

The Militant is an international socialist newsweekly connected to the Socialist Workers Party (SWP) and the Pathfinder Press.

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The San Diego Union-Tribune

The San Diego Union-Tribune is a metropolitan daily newspaper published in San Diego, California, that has run since 1868.

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Union of Needletrades, Industrial & Textile Employees

The Union of Needletrades, Industrial, and Textile Employees (UNITE, often stylized UNITE!) was a labor union in the United States clothing industry from 1995-2004.

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United States Department of Homeland Security

The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is the U.S. federal executive department responsible for public security, roughly comparable to the interior or home ministries of other countries.

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United States Secretary of Labor

The United States secretary of labor is a member of the Cabinet of the United States, and as the head of the United States Department of Labor, controls the department, and enforces and suggests laws involving unions, the workplace, and all other issues involving any form of business-person controversies.

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Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000

The Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 (TVPA) is a federal statute passed into law in 2000 by the U.S. Congress and signed by President Clinton. El Monte Thai garment slavery case and Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 are human trafficking in the United States.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Monte_Thai_garment_slavery_case