The Revival Of Clothing Industry In Chinatown, New York Sets Off A War Of Clothing Workers

　　 Clothing industry It used to be an important pillar of the Chinese port economy in New York. However, due to the unidirectional foreign transfer of the garment manufacturing industry in the United States and the impact of the financial crisis, the garment factories in the Chinese port could not sustain or collapse. As the economy gradually warms up, the clothing industry in New York is ushering in another spring. Chinese garment manufacturers said that it is not difficult to find orders now. What is difficult is that they cannot find garment workers, and there is also a war of people grabbing.

A foreign media reported that a clothing manufacturer said that he had been engaged in the clothing industry for more than 20 years and had witnessed the rise and fall of the industry. At the peak, there were more than 20000 clothing manufacturers in New York, but only more than 5000 were left due to the economic crisis.

In order to reduce the cost of garment production, many garment companies have transferred their garment orders back to the United States economic crisis As a result, the number of garment factories has decreased sharply, and the number of garment workers has also decreased significantly. The person in charge said that in the past, it was to fight for orders, but now it is soft to get orders, and only worry about finding clothes workers to do it.

In the past, women workers engaged in the clothing industry were mainly Cantonese, but now they are mainly new immigrants from Fujian, mostly aged 40 to 50. These middle-aged women workers joined the industry when the clothing industry was booming earlier, but the number of people still staying in the clothing industry is decreasing.

Many young immigrants come to the United States to reunite with their parents. Most of them choose to let young people go to school to receive education. Most of the young people who smuggle in are willing to work as restaurant workers. After all, the salary of restaurant workers has been fixed by the clothing factory. Therefore, there is a lack of successors among the garment workers.

Industry insiders said that because of the small number of employees and the large number of orders, many garment factories launched a competition to attract skilled workers by constantly raising wages. Previously Clothing Most factory owners are worried about how to win orders and keep the garment factory. Now there are more orders, but they are also worried about how to grab people and complete orders regularly.