Buy Sweatshop free clothing

Clothing made in sweatshops is produced by multiple human rights violations, including child labor, sub-minimum wages, no benefits, forced overtime, and unsafe conditions. Buy brands that honor workers' basic rights by choosing companies that put people before profits.

2008 Shop with a Conscience Consumer Guide  
American Apparel - Retail and wholesale items from American Apparel
Autonomie Project Inc
Sweatshop free, eco-friendly sneakers, tees, and accessories. All AP products are certified Fair Trade and are made with organic cotton and natural rubber.
Functional, fair trade, green and sweatshop-free products for the body and home
A democratically operated cooperative that employs low-income individuals for manufacturing organic cotton clothing
Good Humans Sweatshop-free and organic clothing
The Green Loop Organic and fair trade eco-fashion and personal care products
Sweatshop free, organic cotton clothing.
Indigenous Designs Fair trade, organic, artisanal clothing.
Justice Clothing Company Union-made and sweatshop-free apparel.
Lotus Organics Sweatshop free, organic and natural fiber clothing.
NatureWear Organics Organic and sweatshop-free clothing
No Sweat Apparel 100% sweatshop free clothing. Check out their featured video on YouTube
Sweatshop free clothing for all occasions, jeans, sneakers and accessories. Wide selection of organics.
Recycle a Tee Organic clothing for all. Wear it for as long as you'd like and recycle it back in any condition for credits.
Sweatshop free and organic cotton environmentally friendly screen printing for t-shirts.
WE Pluribus Organic, fair trade positive message t-shirts and hoodies

Why It's Important

Throughout history, clothing has served not only to protect the body, but also to express personal and sociocultural identity. Consumers spend considerable time, energy, and money choosing clothes that will help them look a certain way.

ClothingIn contemporary American society, a growing number of people are becoming concerned not only with the style of their clothing, but with the conditions under which it was made, as well. Despite important gains such as the 1938 Fair Labor Standards Act in the United States, safe working conditions and livable wages remain out of reach for many garment workers, both in the U.S. and abroad. With the expansion of free trade agreements, domestic industries must now compete with cheap imports, manufactured in parts of the globe where workers have fewer rights and far less protection from inhumane working conditions.

The anti-sweatshop movement has become a strong advocate in recent years for garment workers around the world. Purchasing sweatshop free and union made clothing supports the growth of companies who maintain fair labor standards for its workers here and abroad, and contributes to a more just and equitable global society.

Learn More

  • 2008 Shop with a Conscience Consumer Guide
  • Behind The Label: a multimedia news magazine and on-line community covering the stories and people of the global clothing industry
  • Sweatshop Watch: Sweatshop Watch is a coalition of over 30 labor, community, civil rights, immigrant rights, women's, religious and student organizations, and many individuals, committed to eliminating the exploitation that occurs in sweatshops.
  • Workers Rights Consortium: The WRC's purpose is to assist in the enforcement of manufacturing Codes of Conduct adopted by colleges and universities; these Codes are designed to ensure that factories producing clothing and other goods bearing college and university names respect the basic rights of workers.
  • UNITE: Union of Needletrades, Industrial and Textile Employees.
  • Organic Clothing - an insightful personal blog on organic clothing and eco-fashion from the founders of LotusOrganics.com.

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