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"From my perspective, I feel very secure that my company is not one of the companies [that is using sweatshop labor]," he says. "Until somebody shows or proves it differently."
Champion spokesperson Peggy C. Carter last week said she could not confirm whether the T-shirt came from the plant in Chihuahua, Mexico--a Mexican state located close to the Texas border--or even whether there is a factory in Chihuahua at all.
While he says he does not know the Champion factory well, he says all of the factories in the city have high standards, better than the conditions in other cities in Mexico such as Mexicali or Tijuana to the west.
Joerger says Gear has every intention of releasing information about its factories to universities, who will likely release it to the public. Gear is now compiling a database of factory locations sorted by university or college in preparation for the January release.
Ryan says it is important to get independent information that is neither from companies nor from anti-sweatshop activists. He says he doesn't know whether to believe the companies, who say working conditions are good, or the students, who paint a darker picture.