Nayantara Banerjee

former seamstress, current industry researcher for @garmentworkercenter. opinions shared are my own.

[GarmentWorkerCenter @GarmentWorkerLA]

Guess what? The DTLA 2040 Community Plan updates were just released, and the implications are huge.

While we review the changes, please check out the following facts to understand what the stakes are.

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https://t.co/DaUu9MiCWt

[GarmentWorkerCenter @GarmentWorkerLA]

@LEVIS Hey $LEVI investors, don't give your $ to a brand that doesn’t care abt the workers who make their clothes.

It’s no secret that @Levis workers in Bangladesh + Pakistan suffer daily, battling injuries, exhaustion + low pay.

Ask Levi’s to #SignTheAccord!

https://t.co/ycSwqWNTxb

[Nayantara Banerjee @theseamster]

I just signed this petition on OrganizeFor with @ColorOfChange. Will you join me? #O4 https://t.co/0DuG7dsrNy via @ColorOfChange

[Nayantara Banerjee @theseamster]

#CALeg & @CAGovernor we're calling on YOU to fund unemployment benefits for excluded immigrant workers & create a #SafetyNet4All in the #CABudget this year! Even short-term job losses can be catastrophic for CA workers and NO worker should be excluded. @toniatkins @Rendon63rd

[GarmentWorkerCenter @GarmentWorkerLA]

GWC leader Teresa Garcia, at the press launch for #passFABRICAct with @SenGillibrand "The FABRIC Act is so exciting to me as a garment worker because at its heart are protections for workers' hard-earned wages, protections we recently gained in California"

[Braden Campbell @TweetsByBraden]

Some very happy @amazonlabor members have emerged from the NLRB office in Brooklyn, where the vote count just wrapped at 2654-2131

[Nayantara Banerjee @theseamster]

@lisalsun @GravitasNewYork @lisalsun @GravitasNewYork We at @GarmentWorkerLA and our allies are working to save our Fashion District in LA as well, before the city rezones it out of existence. Would love to chat. Pls DM!

[Nayantara Banerjee @theseamster]

Thank you to Thivya from the #JusticeForJeyasre campaign for sharing Jeyasre's legacy with @GarmentWorkerLA members, staff, and allies. We are in this fight together!

Now, let's expand brand accountability from CA to India! @GLJhub @ILRF @tamil_labour

[GarmentWorkerCenter @GarmentWorkerLA]

One week ago, we got the news that California will no longer be the sweatshop capital of America! "Some retailers who tout their 'Made in the USA' tags as evidence of good work ethics are known to use the labor of underpaid garment workers in Los Angeles." https://t.co/ziPr2HjkD1

[IATSE // #IASolidarity @IATSE]

"The members have spoken loud and clear.

Our people have basic human needs like time for meal breaks, adequate sleep, and a weekend. For those at the bottom of the pay scale, they deserve nothing less than a living wage."

https://t.co/OwbD0DEfij

[Nayantara Banerjee @theseamster]

Garment workers have been leading the anti-sweatshop fight in Los Angeles for years! It's incredible to see all of their hard work, & the support of so many biz & allies, recognized by the passage of #sb62 into law!!

[GarmentWorkerCenter @GarmentWorkerLA]

HUGE victory today. Governor @GavinNewsom has signed #SB62! We are overwhelmed at this monumental moment. We’re thankful to the Governor for upholding his dedication to workers’ rights and ensuring that California will no longer be the sweatshop capital of America.

[United Farm Workers @UFWupdates]

Today in 2021, Gov. Newsom vetoed #AB616, the bill CA legislators passed to provide voting choices to farm workers.

[Lorena Gonzalez Fletcher @LorenaSGonzalez]

I’m truly devastated that @GavinNewsom vetoed the most important union organizing bill of the year. Denying Farmworkers the right to organize and join a union in the same manner we allow all public sector workers in CA to do so is abhorrent. Happy Hispanic Heritage Month. 👀

[California Federation of Labor Unions @CaliforniaLabor]

Why must @GavinNewsom sign #SB62 into law? Two-thirds of LA's 43 thousand garment workers are not paid the minimum wage. Many of them are paid $3 an hour.

Let that sink in … $3 an hour. No benefits.

This is flat-out wrong. This is exploitation.
#GarmentWorkerProtectionAct

[demi adejuyigbe @electrolemon]

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[GarmentWorkerCenter @GarmentWorkerLA]

@DanaThomasParis: "Like garment workers offshore, the undeclared workers earn no overtime, have no health benefits, and often labor in unsafe conditions. Yet the clothes they produce are still allowed to bear the 'Made in the USA' label." We need #SB62!

https://t.co/hjyKwh82TC

[Diego Cartagena (he/his/him) @btprez]

Reforming the garment industry is also a climate issue. "Underpaying garment workers not only costs their communities and taxpayers hard-earned resources, it enables the fashion industry to make far more items than consumers need and the planet can endure." #SB62

[CBS Mornings @CBSMornings]

A 2016 investigation found violations in 85% of the Los Angeles garment shops it looked into. Now, a bill to protect California’s low-paid garment workers is headed to Gov. Newsom’s desk.

“There is some kind of a modern slavery goin' on,” one worker told @annawerner.

[Susie T. Buell @STompkinsBuell]

Please join me in calling on Governor @GavinNewsom to sign #SB62, the Garment Worker Protection Act, into law so that we can create a better future for the fashion industry while also growing California's economy. https://t.co/uPM3vy1vOY

[Christopher Sanchez @AdvocateSanchez]

Playing with the livelihood of #ImmigrantWorkers is nothing new in politics, even if they were labeled essential during a pandemic. It is unacceptable that @Rendon63rd hasn't sent #SB62 to the Senate for a final vote to provide basic work place protections for garment workers.