Schmatt Success In Immigrants
“Schmatta” is a gateway to success in immigrants’ new land: The apparel industry provided an entree for scores of central European immigrants, whose children and grandchildren went on to achieve the American dream.
The “Schmatta” business was once New York City’s biggest employer: At its peak in 1973, there were 400,000 apparel production jobs in New York. Last year (2007), there were just 84,000.
Made in USA: Former president John F. Kennedy put outsourcing in motion by allowing 5 percent of garments to be produced outside the U.S. in 1965, and today (2009) only 5 percent of garments are American-made, the film reports .
“Schmatta” is not just clothes, but a microcosm of the current world order : As economics and globalization
The “Schmatta” business was once New York City’s biggest employer: At its peak in 1973, there were 400,000 apparel production jobs in New York. Last year (2007), there were just 84,000.
Made in USA: Former president John F. Kennedy put outsourcing in motion by allowing 5 percent of garments to be produced outside the U.S. in 1965, and today (2009) only 5 percent of garments are American-made, the film reports .
“Schmatta” is not just clothes, but a microcosm of the current world order : As economics and globalization