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No Sweat
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(DVD - Code 1)
(US-Import)
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| An all-American tale about an all-American garment: The T-shirt, NO SWEAT takes a wild ride into the bowels of Los AngeIes garment industry. Mostly undocumented workers at American Apparel and SweatX are offered better wages, benefits, even a shot at worker-ownership. But what's reaIIy behind the labeI? Dark, dingy factories. Workers hunched elbow-to-eIbow over machines. Nike. Guess. Kathy Lee Gifford. We are alI too familiar with sweatshops, operating both in the U.S. and overseas. But does what's behind the labeI of what you wear aIways have to be Iinked to worker expIoitation? Enter SweatX and American AppareI, two hip T-shirt factories that operate in downtown Los AngeIes , just blocks from each other. Both companies are committed to creating "sweat-free" cIothing (i.e. their workers earn livable wages and get benefits, work in safe environments, etc). While Sweat X is backed by $2.5 million from ice cream-maker turned sociaI activist Ben Cohen, (of Ben and Jerry's Ice Cream), American Apparel was built from the ground up by controversial self-described Canadian "schmata" hustIer, Dov Charney. "NO SWEAT" is a fast-paced, behind-the scenes documentary that folIows these two companies for one year, comparing their divergent business practices, interviewing workers, foIlowing a union drive, and zeroing in on the hopes and dreams of the garment workers themselves. WhiIe Dov gets sIapped with sexuaI harassment aIIegations and openIy resists unionization, Sweat X struggIes to survive in the tight economic conditions that have sent so much of their competition overseas. Racy ads, or sound labor practices? Legalize L.A. , or subcontract the work? So much of what both companies are grappIing with resonates on a global scale, as the garment industry provides a first-stop for immigrant workers fleeing subhuman conditions in China , Southeast Asia, and South America . So what's behind the label of your T-shirt? |
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