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• Workers at former Bianco plant rally June 18, 2008 NEW BEDFORD — Outside the same South End factory where immigration agents loaded hundreds of handcuffed, undocumented workers onto buses in March 2007, union organizers, community activists and workers rallied Tuesday for new plant owners to allow them to unionize.
  
  
• Workers and the workplace June 16, 2008 WASHINGTON — When the presidential campaign gets joined in earnest, a good deal of it will revolve around practical economic matters, including the struggles of ordinary Americans to make ends meet, have health care and enjoy the right to organize. The candidate who scores best on these issues will likely be the one who addresses such matters not in a theoretical way but rather who speaks in specific ways that resonate to real workers engaged in real cases.
  
  
• Golden's union seeks better deal May 30, 2008 The union representing 540 workers at Golden Brand Clothing (Canada) Ltd. who are losing their jobs when the Montreal factory closes this summer is trying to stitch together a better severance package for its members.
  
  

About the Industry

UNITE HERE represents those who sew, ship and sell clothing. With more than a century of history in the women's and men's clothing industry, we have fought against unfair trade agreements that have sent thousands of jobs to sweatshops overseas and we've adapted to changes in the industry. Today, over 50,000 members manufacture apparel and textile products, including men's tailored suits like Hickey Freeman and samples for women's designer labels like Donna Karan.