Document Type

Dispatch

Publication Date

2-13-2026

Abstract

GARMENT WORKERS IN CALIFORNIA SINCE 2022 may collect their wages, not merely from the production facility that employs them, but alternatively from the garment labels and some retailers for whom the facility produces garments. Such joint and several liability is unique in the world. It has long been the goal of garment worker activists around the world, for garment work everywhere is both low-paid and easily mobile. Wage theft, that is, nonpayment or underpayment of wages, is also common in California (U.S. Department of Labour, 2023). How is the statute working out?

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