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12/14/2002 Entry: "The Gap" Because it's on my mind, it's education time, GAP style: The Gap, Old Navy, and Banana Republic are all the same company. The Gap makes its clothing in sweat shops. Unless you condone this activity, you shouldn't be giving them your business. It's as simple as that. Their site slightly addresses this issue by saying things like "people make mistakes, not every factory can always be compliant," by mentioning they follow local laws (many of which allow child labor and slave wages), and mostly by saying "they are keeping an open dialogue." In other words, "we'll pretend to care, but not really change anything." Maybe you don't believe me. Then go to these sites. In case you are lazy and/or don't care, I'll quote some highlights for you. from behindthelabel.org In factory after factory—in Bangladesh, El Salvador, Indonesia, Cambodia, Mexico, and southern Africa—workers making Gap clothes have reported beatings from supervisors, desperately low wages, unsafe working conditions, and harsh repression when they stand up for their rights. from globalexchange.org Indentured labor -- workers mostly from China, Thailand, Bangladesh and the Philippines are mislead to pay recruitment fees for "quality work" opportunities in Saipan; then they are forced to sign "shadow contracts" waiving basic human rights, including the freedom to join unions, attend religious services, quit or marry. They are then forced to toil 12-16 hour/day and are not paid for overtime. All in compliance with local labor laws, I'm sure, including stifling any attempts to form unions. Keep in mind that in many of these places, these are children we're talking about. Imagine your little brother/sister/niece/nephew subjected to that. And there is a shitload more that came from. Read the sites, please. Here is a good site with information about many corportation's practices, including the GAP and other companies such as Adidas, Levi, Nike, etc. The Adidas sweatshops were news to me, actually, so I will be looking more into that. However, the GAP is by far the leading violator and worst company in the sweat shop industry. Is it really that hard to pay parents a living wage so their children don't have to work? Is it really that hard to treat their parents like human beings with rights? Is it really that hard to make only a little less percent profit on your clothes and actually pay your workers instead of starving them? ... Is it really that hard not to shop at the GAP?
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