Close up of sandblasted jeans, photo courtesy Target.
I am pleased to report that Target has joined the cadre of retailers who are boycotting sandblasted jeans. Continue reading
Target Joins Ban on Killer Jeans
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Alta Gracia – “High-minded Experiment”
Alta Gracia workers
Changing lives one shirt at a time.
This week I want to revisit Alta Gracia, the factory in the Dominican Republic (DR) that pays its workers a “living wage” as opposed to the “minimum wage”. So what does this mean? Workers at Alta Gracia earn $2.83 per hour compared to the minimum wage of $0.85 per hour in the DR. This is the brainchild of Joseph Bozich, the C.E.O. of Knights Apparel in Spartansburg, S.C. According to Mr. Bozich, “We’re hoping to prove that doing good can be good business, that they’re not mutually exclusive.” Continue reading
With Record Profits, Pressure Mounting on Apple
Indeed I am moving away from the usual focus of this blog to join the array of writers drawing attention to the deplorable working conditions at Foxconn, a major manufacturer of iPhones, iPads, and all things Apple. Much has been written over the past year and again this past week regarding Apple’s manufacturing at Foxconn, i.e. shameful working conditions resulting in an unusually high suicide rate. There have been two explosions at factories in the past five months resulting in several deaths and many, many injuries. Continue reading
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