Word: sweatshops
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...Timing is key in the success of any new venture, and the surging popularity of fair-trade coffee and other organic brands surely makes it easier to communicate the importance of ethically made clothing to prospective customers. American Apparel has already found success with its commitment to "sweatshop-free" cotton manufacturing in downtown Los Angeles. Workers, including many immigrants, are paid an average of $12 an hour, can buy affordable health insurance and receive free English lessons. A recent study of the buying habits of so-called Millennials, by Cone Inc. found that 69% of 13- to 25-year-olds...
This is a perfect up-tempo intro for the following track “Sweatshop,” which is quite possibly the epitome of chill. The song starts with a pristine beat and xylophone line and then enters a trance-like mood as Sciubba echoes in French over dreamy, subtle synth. At its halfway mark, it picks up pace with steady bass and sends the dreamy feeling of the song to a crescendo...
...outfits. Can’t find something to go with those boat shoes? How about colon-cancer brown, you dickface? Look, activism shouldn’t be a fashion trend. You shouldn’t wear your politics on your sleeve...especially when your shirt was made in a sweatshop. And you shouldn’t wear your politics on your pants either, because real activists don’t wear pants. They know that clothing is just an outmoded social construct. But if you are going to take up a cause, at least be consistent. Last month...
While other top universities are backing a new initiative intended to ensure that products bearing their school insignias aren’t produced under sweatshop-like conditions, Harvard is withholding its support for the effort.Although 33 schools—including Brandeis, Columbia, Cornell, Duke, Georgetown, the University of Michigan, and 10 University of California campuses—have endorsed the year-old initiative, Harvard says it needs more time to make a decision on the issue.Harvard is already a member of the Worker Rights Consortium (WRC), a group of over 150 schools that monitors university-licensed apparel companies and their...
Although Twombly said she understood that people aren’t happy when a big chain, with more than 130 locations across the world, replaces a local business, she says her store is different from others in the Square, such as Urban Outfitters, which doesn’t boast sweatshop-free values...