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Radioactivejosh
Radioactivejosh aka has been a member since August 3, 2006, has scored 588 submissions, giving an average score of 2.36, helping 8 designs get printed.
New private label tees: Sweatshopped, or Sweatshop Free?
Fruit of the Loom is sweatshopped. American Apparel is sweatshop free. No where in the private label tee thread does threadless make the statement that these tees are sweatshop free and if they are made in America. Can threadless please reply to this.

remenisi
remenisi on Nov 26 '06 at 11:56pm
there both sweatshop free, american apparel is made in america and fotl is um.. i donno
bananaphone
   bananaphone on Nov 26 '06 at 11:57pm
remen buy the new they're their there t-shirt.



As for the new label I recall paris being bought up but I really have no idea.
Aristarchus
Aristarchus on Nov 26 '06 at 11:57pm
As long as the CEO doesn't stroke his dick in front of his female employees, I don't care if the shirts are made by babylabour.
bananaphone
   bananaphone on Nov 26 '06 at 11:57pm
but I don't think threadless would consider moving to a sweatshop brand or having their own tees produced in that way.
remenisi
remenisi on Nov 26 '06 at 11:57pm
wait i misunderstood. sorry



the private label is sweatshop free and its made in london.
bananaphone
   bananaphone on Nov 26 '06 at 11:58pm
So you're worried more about one mans penis being shown inappropriately than you are the welfare of thousands of children.



How noble.
Radioactivejosh
Radioactivejosh on Nov 26 '06 at 11:58pm
Fruit of the loom is made in sweatshops. I, at first, assumed the Threadless Private label tees are sweatshop free. But if so, why wouldn't threadless mention this? They left it out all together. We all probably had initial assumptions, well, those who thought about it, but i'm looking for an official statement from threadless.
bananaphone
   bananaphone on Nov 26 '06 at 11:59pm
I think loom were alleged to use them, but i dont know if theres concrete proof.
Aristarchus
Aristarchus on Nov 27 '06 at 12:00am
So you're worried more about one mans penis being shown inappropriately than you are the welfare of thousands of children.



Shit, do you know of a sweatshop that employs thousands of children? Where? That sounds lucrative -- I'd want to invest in that!
bananaphone
   bananaphone on Nov 27 '06 at 12:00am
well youre not about to get an official answer if they are all sleeping.
funkie fresh
   funkie fresh on Nov 27 '06 at 12:11am
from their announcement blog on new tees...



iFDL on Nov 21 '06 at 3:53pm

ok...



- no, they're not being produced in a sweatshop.

- yes we'll have a new template with the new colors
derangeddaoist
derangeddaoist on Nov 27 '06 at 12:52am
Just a little food for thought...



"So you're worried more about one mans penis being shown inappropriately than you are the welfare of thousands of children."



The effects of sweatshops on the community is a tough call. The contract between owner and laborer, no matter how one-sided, is a consensual agreement either can terminate by quitting or firing. Thing is, people work there only because it is the best available option.



To test this, a UNICEF study followed Nepalese children dismissed from their factory following a US ban on child-labor goods. It found that the kids resorted to "stone-crushing, street hustling, and prostitution" and jobs worse than their factory jobs in the first place.
233 days later
digitrixi
digitrixi on Jul 18 '07 at 2:26pm
threadless is a fucking corporation asswipe, you think this whole "community" thing is anything but a mass Values and Lifestyles

marketing program. Anyone who wears this stuff is an idiot.
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