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1 Video Tape. Saipan is the capital, and most populated island, of the chain of 14 Northern Mariana Islands in Micronesia. The islands are a U.S. territory 3,900 miles west of Hawaii. Exploiting trade benefits and loopholes in U.S. immigration and wage laws, Asian-based garment manufacturers have flocked to Saipan, bringing in cloth and materials by the shipload along with tens of thousands of foreign indentured workers. Lured by the promise of good American jobs, Chinese, Thai, Bangladeshi and Filipino women and men pay thousands of dollars to recruiters and travel far from home, only to find themselves stranded on the tiny island, working 70 or 80 hours a week without overtime pay and living in crowded, company-owned barracks. Much of the sub-minimum wage they earn is taken for living and travel expenses, and they are bound to their employers by contract and by fear. The product of this indentured labor, bearing "Made in the USA" labels is shipped into the mainland U.S. market, duty-free and without quotas, for sale at brand-name retail outlets like the GAP, J. Crew, Ralph Lauren and other stores. Problem: Clothing manufacturers based on the U.S. territory of the Northern Mariana Islands, exempt from certain U.S. minimum wage laws, exploited Chinese and Filipino women brought to the island to work in clothing factories denying them wages, forcing them to work in unsafe conditions, and work overtime without additional pay.Action: WITNESS collaborated with producer/director Tia Lessin and Oxygen, a U.S. cable channel, to produce "Behind the Labels: Garment Workers on U.S. Saipan", a film that explores and exposes the conditions under which Chinese and Filipino women are recruited and brought to the U.S. territory of Saipan in the Northern Mariana Islands. The film focused on both the recurring abuses of worker rights, and a number of specific legal cases. ... Read more

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Title: Las travesuras de Igby. (Cine).(Reseña de película)
Author: Javier Betancourt
Publication: Proceso (Magazine/Journal)
Date: June 22, 2003
Publisher: CISA Comunicacion e Informacion, S.A. de C.V.
Issue: 1390Page: 67(2)

Article Type: Reseña de película

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This digital document is an article from Epoca, published by Difusora de Informacion Periodica, S.A. (DINPESA) on June 22, 1998. The length of the article is 753 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Al caer el sol.(TT: At Sunset.)(Reseña)
Author: Pedro Crespo
Publication: Epoca (Magazine/Journal)
Date: June 22, 1998
Publisher: Difusora de Informacion Periodica, S.A. (DINPESA)
Page: 70(1)

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This digital document is an article from Semana, published by Spanish Publications, Inc. on October 11, 2002. The length of the article is 466 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Trailer.(TT: Trailer.)(Artículo Breve)
Publication: Semana (Magazine/Journal)
Date: October 11, 2002
Publisher: Spanish Publications, Inc.
Volume: 8Issue: 502Page: 39(1)

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This digital document is an article from U.S. Catholic, published by Claretian Publications on May 1, 1996. The length of the article is 2638 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Dead Man Walking. (movie reviews)
Author: Patrick McCormick
Publication: U.S. Catholic (Magazine/Journal)
Date: May 1, 1996
Publisher: Claretian Publications
Volume: v61Issue: n5Page: p46(4)

Article Type: Movie Review

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Title: Tell the Truth and Run: George Seldes and the American Press. (movie reviews)
Author: Marco Calavita
Publication: Cineaste (Magazine/Journal)
Date: September 22, 1996
Publisher: Cineaste Publishers, Inc.
Volume: v22Issue: n4Page: p56(2)

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Title: gente.(breves)(TT: People.)(TA: briefs)
Publication: Epoca (Magazine/Journal)
Date: September 24, 2000
Publisher: Difusora de Informacion Periodica, S.A. (DINPESA)
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Title: The "savage musical" that dances.(DANCE MATTERS)(Romance&Cigarettes musical by ohn Turturro)(Movie Review)
Author: Rosalynde Leblanc
Publication: Dance Magazine (Magazine/Journal)
Date: August 1, 2005
Publisher: Dance Magazine, Inc.
Volume: 79Issue: 8Page: 17(2)

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This digital document is an article from Siempre!, published by Edicional Siempre on November 9, 2000. The length of the article is 836 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Espectáculos.(TT: Show business.)
Author: Susana Moscatel
Publication: Siempre! (Refereed)
Date: November 9, 2000
Publisher: Edicional Siempre
Volume: 47Issue: 2473Page: 68

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Title: Archivos X.(espectaculos)(TT: X files.)(TA: entertainment)(Artículo Breve)
Publication: Semana (Magazine/Journal)
Date: May 23, 2002
Publisher: Spanish Publications, Inc.
Volume: 8Issue: 481Page: 24(1)

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