Most of the city's garment workers are immigrants who earn less than $16,000 a year.
The garment workers' union was founded in 1900 and had 457,000 members at its height.
The garment workers who make them earn 56 cents an hour.
In recent times, garment workers have protested against their low wages.
On March 25th, 1911, nearly 150 garment workers died as a result of a fire that consumed the factory.
Only 1,800 garment workers are still employed in the county.
Our members are the most skilled garment workers in the world.
In all, 146 garment workers were killed in that fire.
"Meat cutters and garment workers are at the top of the list."
Garment workers often have to labor under poor conditions.