Behind the labels : garment workers on U.S. Saipan / co-produced by Witness and Oxygen Productions ; produced and directed by Tia Lessin.

Lured by false promises and driven by desperation, thousands of Chinese and Filipina women pay high fees to work in garment factories on the pacific island of Saipan, the only U.S. territory exempt from labor and immigration laws. The clothing they sew, bearing the "Made in the USA" label, is shippe...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors:	Oxygen Productions Witness (Project) Witness Films, Inc
Other Authors:	Lessin, Tia Sarandon, Susan, 1946-
Language:	English
Published:	New York, N.Y. : Witness, [2003], ©2003.
Subjects:	Clothing workers > Northern Mariana Islands > Saipan. Sweatshops > Northern Mariana Islands > Saipan. Women > Employment > Northern Mariana Islands > Saipan. Women > Northern Mariana Islands > Saipan > Social conditions. Work environment > Northern Mariana Islands > Saipan. Women offshore assembly industry workers > Northern Mariana Islands > Saipan. Manufacturing industries > Northern Mariana Islands > Saipan. Human rights > Northern Mariana Islands > Saipan. Documentary films.
Physical Description:	1 videodisc (46 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 screening guide (CD-ROM).
Variant Title:	Garment workers on U.S. Saipan.
Format:	Video DVD

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