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1999 Jan 13 |
Lawyers filed suit against major garment retailers for inhumane working conditions for thousands of Asian women on Saipan, a US commonwealth island. Links: USA, Saipan 
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1999 Aug 9 |
Four large apparel corporations settled out of court in a suit to end sweatshop labor in Saipan. Nordstrom, J. Crew, Cutter & Buck and Gymboree agreed to pay $1.25 million to reimburse workers for recruitment fees and to set up a program to monitor island contractors. Links: Labor, Saipan
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1999 Oct 6 |
Five clothing designers agreed to settle a class action suit over working conditions in Saipan. They included Ralph Lauren, Philips-Van Heusen, Bryland L.P., Karan Int'l., and Dress Barn. Links: USA, Labor, Saipan
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2015 Aug 6 |
Residents of Saipan were without water and electricity and were rationing gasoline four days after Typhoon Soudelor hit the most populated island in the US territory of the Northern Marianas. Links: Saipan
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2016 Jul 27 |
In Saipan community members and an environmental group sued the US Navy over a plan to turn the islands of Pagan and Tinian in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands into live-fire testing sites. Links: USA, Marianas, Saipan
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2018 Mar |
US officials announced settlements with four Chinese construction firms to pay $14 million in back wages and damages to 2,400 affected workers in Saipan. The companies, contracted by Hong Kong's Imperial Pacific International, brought workers on tourist visas, paid them less than required by law and failed to secure proper work authorization by exploiting a visa waiver program that allows Chinese citizens to travel to the Northern Mariana Islands. Links: USA, China, Labor, Marianas, Saipan
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