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Agreement Reached with Forever 21
Forever 21, Inc., the Garment Worker Center, Sweatshop Watch, and the Asian Pacific American Legal Center, on behalf of several Los Angeles garment workers represented by it, have reached an agreement to resolve all litigation between them. In addition, the parties have agreed to take steps to promote greater worker protection in the local garment industry. The parties are pleased to announce the resolution of this matter as a positive and symbolic step forward in demonstrating respect and appreciation for garment workers. Under the parties’ agreement, the national boycott of Forever 21 and related protests at the Company’s retail stores, initiated by the Garment Worker Center in 2001, have ended. The parties share a belief that garment workers should labor in lawful conditions and should be treated fairly and with dignity. Forever 21, the Garment Worker Center and Sweatshop Watch all remain committed to ensuring that the clothing Forever 21 sells in its stores is made under lawful conditions.

Forever 21 Campaign Pictures

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Picket in support of Forever 21 workers, November 2001 at Fashion 21 store in Highland Park, Los Angeles


August 2002 protest


Billboard anonymously donated to Forever 21 workers, August 2002


Mimi Kennedy at "Boycott Forever 21" Billboard debut


February 2003 March at 3rd Street Promenade in Santa Monica


February 2003: Octopus of Corporate Power - donated to the center by Arts in Action


2003 protest in conjuction with Assi Market Workers in Koreatown


2003 Students march in support of Forever 21 workers