“America's garment workers have been undervalued and subjected to unfair labor practices for far too long, due to weak regulations across the fashion industry and the rise of fast fashion. With more than 100,000 New Yorkers contributing their labor to a billion-dollar garment industry, it is time to protect these workers and others across our nation and make historic investments in domestic manufacturing by passing the FABRIC Act,” said Congressman Jerrold Nadler. “I’m proud to work with Senator Gillibrand to protect workers’ rights, bring jobs back from overseas, and revitalize the American fashion industry.”
Pass the FABRIC Act to protect garment workers, improve working conditions, reform piece-rate pay, and invest in domestic garment manufacturing.
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Evidence
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Today, Congressman Jerry Nadler (NY-12) and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) announced the reintroduction of their Fashioning Accountability and Building Real Institutional Change (FABRIC) Act.
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Mr. Nadler (for himself, Ms. Tlaib, Ms. Lee of California, Ms. Norton, Ms. Velázquez, and Ms. Ross) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce
Assessments
The verified commitment was to pass the FABRIC Act. The verified evidence shows Nadler materially worked on the bill by reintroducing it in 2026 and previously introducing it in the 118th Congress, but it documents introduction/reintroduction and referral only, not enactment or the promised worker-protection/manufacturing outcomes. With no deadline supplied and no verified passage into law, the enactment promise remains unresolved rather than delivered or never.