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Garment District blog 39th and Broadway lays out the case against Forever 21. It's all compelling, but one detail is particularly vivid: Employee Guadalupe Hernandez says that when she worked at one of the fast-fashion chain's California factories, it had "no running water and no bathroom.” [39th and Broadway]