"Overseas buyers such as Levis, Gap and Pierre Cardin are now regular buyers of premium jeans from Sri Lanka where they can be made for as little as 12 dollars a pair, and often sell for over 100 dollars." - http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070812/wl_sthasia_afp/srilankaeconomygarments_070812080616
Now, that's just baffling. I mean, 12 dollar jeans to make, I assume that includes labor costs for the workers. So maybe it takes another couple of bucks per pair to ship to it's destination. (keep in mind, it's a very very large shipment, so I assume it's not like, UPS rates or anything) And then it's maybe a couple more bucks for local shipping, paying the people who drive trucks, etc, and then it's at the store. Pay the people making barely above min wage for their work, and then where does the money go? I mean, there has to be a good $30-$40 there going in to the pocket of some big wig fucking executive, right? I don't know. I wish maybe the jeans were $15 to make so the factory workers could leave a little more comfortable. That money means something to them. Apparently it doesn't mean much to us if were paying $100 for $12 jeans.
14 August 2007
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