SAIPAN CASES LATEST
May 1st, 2002
BY PHILIP FINE CLASS-ACTION status has been granted by the US Federal Court to a group of 30,000 workers who allege sweatshop conditions in clothing factories in Saipan. The Pacific Island has US territorial status, making it immune to tariffs and able to affix US origin labels to clothing. Plaintiffs have alleged that US retailers, including Tommy Hilfiger, The Gap and J.C. Penny, and their Saipan-based contractors engaged in a series of unlawful conspiracies, and have charged that the system of garment production on Saipan violates laws that prohibit the use of ...
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