Hey, here's a problem for so many of us who are broke but try to be responsible in how we spend our money. These days, virtually NO clothes are manufactured in the US. Sure, you can go to American Apparel stores and be [http://thepete.com/had-a-nice-nightmostly/|assaulted by sex] but you'll also pay a lot for those American-made clothes. With few exceptions, if you buy your clothes anywhere else, you'll be supporting sweatshop labor.
So, if you're stone-broke like me, buying non-sweatshop clothes is a must since you can't afford clothes made in the US, in presumably non-sweatshop-conditions.
Enter FairWear.net. They are a website that sells clothes made in a sweatshop in Bangladesh. Don't worry--there's a catch. They send one-third of their income back to the sweatshop to be divied up among the workers as a sort of profit-sharing thing. Put simply, the folks behind FairWear.net want to transform that sweatshop into a regular old factory that makes clothes. Will they be able to elevate those poor workers to a level at which they will actually be considered well paid?
Well, (if I had some money) I'd sure like to help them try.
Check out FairWear.net.
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