September 19, 2023
READOUT: Department of Labor inducts El Monte Thai Garment Workers, once enslaved in California sweatshop, to its Hall of Honor
WASHINGTON – Acting Labor Secretary Julie Su and the Department of Labor has inducted a group of Thai garment workers who helped expose their former employer’s abusive labor practices in 1995 into the department’s Hall of Honor. The group, who spurred changes in legal protections for workers nationwide, were honored at a ceremony held on Sept. 18, 2023, at the department’s Washington headquarters.