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Shedding the garment industry's longstanding image of secrecy and silence, Gear proclaimed earlier this month that it would disclose the locations of its factories by January, in response to heightened concerns about sweatshop labor. Yesterday, Champion said it would do the same...
...After Gear's announcement, members of the Progressive Student Labor Movement (PSLM) expressed cautious optimism that their battle for better international working conditions had been nudged forward, but they could not help but gush at the ball Gear had set rolling...
Without disclosure, trying to get a handle on the manufacturing conditions of the mind-boggling array of Harvard insignia products--from hats to baby gear to chocolates--is nearly impossible...
Finding the genesis of a yellow Gear For Sports rain jacket, sold at J. August for $59.00, is even more of a challenge--even for the manufacturer itself...
According to the tag, the jacket is made in China. Bob Alison, a New England sales representative for Gear, says most company products are produced overseas...