American Apparel to dismiss 1,500 factory workers

After a “virtual raid” by the DHS this summer in which the company was notified of the outcome of audits of employee records, American Apparel in Los Angeles continues to be in the immigration news.  Andrea Chang of the Los Angeles Times reports the manufacturer of trendy garments will dismiss 1500 workers because the employees could not prove their immigration status. The dismissals amount to more than 10% of the company’s roughly 10,000-employee workforce. 

The workforce is predominantly Hispanic and the dismissals were announced to workers on a letter from teh CEO in both English and Spanish.

KJ