Two Chinese garment workers, Ping Qiu-xia, 20, and Yu Jian-fen, 22, both from Sichuan province, work on an order for Wal-Mart in Germany at the Gladpeer Garment Factory in the southern Chinese city of Dongguan, about 60 miles northwest of Hong Kong. (Tammy Wong / For the Times)
Bobbie Brooks is one of the clothing brands made at a Honduran factory. (Beatrice De Gea / LAT)
Honduran employees are under pressure to work faster by managers struggling to meet Wal-Mart requests. (Beatrice De Gea / LAT)
During lunch break employees are searched at an Honduran factory every time they leave their work station before being able to eat. (Beatrice De Gea / LAT)
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Employees at a clothing factory in San Pedro Sula, Honduras. (Beatrice De Gea / LAT)
Honduran apparel workers leave by bus after a 10-hour day. Factories there have cut payrolls and become more efficient. They produce the same amount of clothing as they did three years ago, but with fewer workers. (Beatrice de Gea / LAT)
