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 →