PROTECT LA’S GARMENT JOBS

Rezoning and changes to land use planned for the Fashion District in Downtown Los Angeles (DTLA) through the DTLA 2040 Community Plan threaten to displace and potentially decimate the nations’ largest garment industry and will result in the loss of tens of thousands of jobs for Angelenos. Learn more about this essential industry and how you can get involved in the campaign to preserve, protect, and incentivize garment manufacturing in the heart of downtown Los Angeles. The Fashioning Accountability and Building Real Institutional Change (FABRIC Act / S.4312), introduced in the Senate by Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (NY) and in the House of Representatives by Carolyn Maloney (NY), would protect nearly 100,000 American garment workers and revitalize the garment industry in the United States by improving working conditions, reforming the piece-rate pay scale and investing in domestic apparel production.