Where Am I Wearing?
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NorthFace, CAFTA, and Eddie Bauer under attack
The headline of the National Labor Committee’s Press Release:
Salvadoran Women Sewing $165 Jackets for The North Face and $54 Shirts for Eddie Bauer Cannot Afford Milk for their Children
In defense of Sweatshops
Benjamin Powell, Assistant Professor of Economics at Suffolk University, is coming to the defense of sweatshops. In this article he makes several arguments:
- we need to look at... [Read this entry]
It’s Sunday, what better day is there to ask What Would Jesus Buy?
Joshua Berman recommended this movie to me. I’ll watch it soon and report back. Looks hilarious.
American Apparel, a different kind of brand and a pantless CEO
I mentioned AA in the previous post and I write about them briefly in the book. I stumbled upon an excerpt from Rob Walkers soon-to-be-released book Buying In that... [Read this entry]
LA Garment manufacturers fail to comply with labor laws
The Made in USA label doesn’t always mean made under fair and legal labor conditions.
From Occupational Safety and Health Online:
The Labor and Workforce Development Agency announced that Economic... [Read this entry]
Clinton funded by Saipan garment Tycoon
The story is a little dated, but I just saw it here.
I first read about Willie Tan in Nobodies by John Bowe. Tan owned the majority of garment... [Read this entry]
Sweatshop the Game
Does anyone remember the computer game Hot Dog stand in which you buy the hotdog, the buns, etc, and you see if you can make your little hot dog business... [Read this entry]
Blood, Sweat, and T-shirts
When I was in Cambodia and China I heard rumblings about a BBC reality show/documentary that followed young Brits as they worked in a sweatshop in India. The first... [Read this entry]
Radiohead “All I need”
As part of MTV’s EXIT campaign to end exploitation and trafficking Radiohead has released a powerful new video.
Not that lead singers are any more qualified to talk about human... [Read this entry]
Bangladesh garment workers want wages to rise with soaring costs of food
15,000 workers go on strike. When you earn $25/month and rice is 25 cents a pound, something has gotta give.
I had an all-American childhood in rural Ohio. My all-American blue jeans were MADE IN CAMBODIA.
I wore flip-flops every day for a year when I worked as a SCUBA diving instructor in Key West. They were MADE IN CHINA.
One day while staring at a pile of clothes on the floor, I noticed the tag of my favorite T-shirt: MADE IN HONDURAS.
I read the tag. My mind wandered.
A quest was born. A book was written.
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