# @iubac on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CrQq_JMON2L
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/12936626-iubac-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/thumbnails/b167e00b85.jpg
- **Posted:** 2023-04-20T13:58:53.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Bricklayers Union (@IUBAC) — https://gondola.cc/IUBAC

## Caption

In 1995, dozens of #garment #workers, most of them women, were freed from a California #sweatshop. The lawyer who is now Biden’s nominee to head the Labor Department took their case.

Pic 1: Julie Su, surrounded by workers, announces that she is filing a federal lawsuit against garment contractors in September 1995 in Los Angeles (DAN GROSHONG/AFP/GETTY IMAGES)

Pic 2: Nantha Jaknang (center) hugs other garment workers who were freed from slavery from an El Monte apartment in August 1995 while reuniting at Julie Su’s apartment in August 2008.

Pic 3: President Joe Biden greets labor secretary nominee Julie Su in the Blue Room of the White House on March 1, 2023. (ADAM SCHULTZ/THE WHITE HOUSE)

#1u

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## Tags

garment, workers, 1u, sweatshop

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