an anti-sweatshop organization headquartered in the Fashion District. The Wage and Hour Division conducted time and pricing studies and found that sewing fees paid by manufacturers to contractors ...

A survey of garment-sewing manufacturers in Southern California found that some employees were working in what officials called “sweatshops,” with certain workers making as little as $1.58 ...

“Sweatshop Overlord” reenacts with puckish ... The real-life story is as frenetic as it is inspiring. Combining her sewing skills with her community outreach know-how, Wong organized a small ...

In "Sweatshop Overlord," Kristina Wong presents herself as an out-of-work performance artist facing the onslaught of COVID-19 with little more than a bias towards action and some basic sewing ...

"I have a Hello Kitty sewing machine. I got half a cut-up bed sheet. I got four yards of elastic," says the Pulitzer Prize-nominated creator of the satirical solo show Kristina Wong, Sweatshop ...

Kristina Wong, Sweatshop Overlord is based on a real-life 'Sweatshop,' the Auntie Sewing Squad, that you originated at the start of the COVID lockdown. What was the catalyst behind you taking old ...

With Sweatshop Overlord, Wong focused on a facet ... For several days in March 2020, Wong was sewing masks on her own in her Koreatown apartment for nurses and other essential workers when she ...

Kristina Wong, SWEATSHOP OVERLORD is about the Auntie Sewing Squad, a group Wong formed on March 24, 2020, to sew masks for essential workers. The original idea was that it would be a three-week ...

an anti-sweatshop organization headquartered in the Fashion District. The Wage and Hour Division conducted time and pricing studies and found that sewing fees paid by manufacturers to contractors ...