Mrs. Impechiate is typical of apparel workers in the region.

That is down from 2.5 million in 1973, the peak employment year for apparel workers.

It claims to have the 'highest earning apparel workers in the world'.

"In today's global economy, the apparel workers of the world have really become the wretched of the earth," he said.

In 2012, Cambodian apparel workers resorted to strike several times demanding higher wages.

But a disproportionate number of domestic apparel workers are still immigrants.

An additional 250,000 apparel workers would have to be hired to replace roughly the same number reaching retirement age over the decade.

In 1991, the largest number of participants were laid-off apparel workers.

In 1997, the average hourly earnings of apparel workers were $8.25.

The House voted a few hours after a rally of about 2,000 textile and apparel workers on the Capitol steps.