About This Author
Jennifer Gordon is the founder and former executive director of the Workplace Project, on Long Island, and an associate professor at Fordham University School of Law. Portions of this article are adapted from her book Suburban Sweatshops: The Fight for Immigrant Rights, published earlier this year by Harvard University Press.
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