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Published on: 3/3/1999
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For information on the San Francisco rally, call Cara Metz of UNITE at (415) 543-9990.Also, the Midwest Region of UNITE will sponsor an action in Milwaukee.For more information on other locations, contact Global Exchange at (415) 255-7296 ext. 254.
The Gap and others, including Tommy Hilfiger, May Company, and Wal-Mart, also face a $1 billion dollar lawsuit that alleges they participated in a "racketeering conspiracy" using indentured labor from China, Bangladesh and the Phillippines.Workers are lured by the promise of better jobs and then forced to toil under terrible conditions to pay off the cost of their journey, says the suit.