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Garment workers at JS Apparel in Carson, Calif.

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2017 Retrospective: Higher Minimum Wages Contribute to Loss in Apparel-Factory Employment

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The beginning of the year started on a down note as some 3,500 workers at the American Apparel factory in Los Angeles got pink slips after the company sold its brand name and shuttered its vast factory.

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