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The Pacific Trail company has tranformed from a small company owned by Larry Mounger to the leader of jacket production in the Pacific Norhtwest. (news article, photograph of Larry Mounger and style committee)

The Seattle Chinese Media Committee was granted 200 dollars by the United Garment Workers union to translate its three-year contract into Chinese. However, the Upholsters' International Union, Local 6, has not yet responded to the request by the…

The Chinese Media Committee plans to translate the three-year contract of the United Garment Workers union and distribute it to the Chinese workers.

Outerwear clothing manufacturer Pacific Trail has announced that it has bought ski wear company Roffe and California company Moonstone.

Seattle Quilt Manufacturing Co. Building is going to be redeveloped for office/residentail/retail use. This project is estrimated to cost 2.75 million dollars.

It is hard for home-sewing contractors and factory workers to be ensured that they are paid fair wages and work in decent working conditions because of the 'gray areas' in the laws. Some companies in Seattle use homeworkers.

Seamstresses say that manufacturers and contractors have been lowering the wage per hour for the same amount of work. The federal government blames competition in the garment-indutrsy for the lowering of wages.

The Senate's Labor and Commerce are investigating whether garment manufacturers are not paying their workers minimum wage.

Most of the sportswear companies in the Seattle and Puget Sound region make their apparel in countries in Asia such as China, Taiwan, and South Koream but working around international trade legislation can be difficult.

Vol.7 No. 1, contains 5 articles and a resources page: 1. Resist the FTAA- the Latest "Race to the Bottom" 2. Vietnamese Guest Workers on American Samoa Struggle to Win Justice Over Slave-like Conditions 3. Mexican Workers Sewing for Nike, Reebok,…