85 570
Fashion Jobs
TREK
Service Manager
Permanent · CENTERVILLE
ESTÉE LAUDER COMPANIES
Keyholder - The Cosmetics Company Store - 12 Hrs - Fashion Outlets Niagara Falls - Niagara Falls, NY
Permanent · NIAGARA FALLS
ESTÉE LAUDER COMPANIES
Keyholder - The Cosmetics Company Store - 20hrs - Tejon - Arvin, CA
Permanent · ARVIN
ESTÉE LAUDER COMPANIES
Keyholder - The Cosmetics Company Store - 20hrs - Tanger Outlet Center Midway - Rehoboth Beach, de
Permanent · REHOBOTH BEACH
AVEDA
Keyholder - Aveda - 25 Hrs - Kenwood - Cincinnati, OH
Permanent · CINCINNATI
MACY'S
Asset Protection Detective, FT Myers - Full Time
Permanent · FORT MYERS
MACY'S
Fulfillment Associate, Portland - Full Time (2550)
Permanent · PORTLAND
MACY'S
Asset Protection Detective, Roosevelt - Full Time
Permanent · PHILADELPHIA
MACY'S
Asset Protection Security Guard, Center City - Flex
Permanent · PHILADELPHIA
MACY'S
Asset Protection Security Guard, Center City - Part Time
Permanent · PHILADELPHIA
MACY'S
Asset Protection Detective, Market Place - Full Time
Permanent · CHAMPAIGN
MACY'S
Asset Protection Detective, Barton Creek Square Mall - Part Time
Permanent · AUSTIN
MOVADO GROUP
District Manager
Permanent ·
STAND OUT FOR GOOD
Brand Rep (Sales Associate)
Permanent · EAST RUTHERFORD
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA
Apex Accelerator Coordinator
Permanent · JACKSONVILLE
JCPENNEY
Asset Protection Associate - Patrick Henry Mall
Permanent · NEWPORT NEWS
RALPH LAUREN
Sales Professional Part Time-2
Permanent · OAK BROOK
RALPH LAUREN
Associate Manager
Permanent · JOHNSON CREEK
ADIDAS
Project Manager
Permanent · PORTLAND
ADIDAS
Sales Director
Permanent · TAMPA
LEE
PT Keyholder
Permanent · GRAPEVINE
KOHLS
Full-Time Loss Prevention Supervisor
Permanent · WALPOLE
Translated by
Nicola Mira
Published
Aug 22, 2016
Download
Download the article
Print
Text size

US textile manufacturers call for boycott on prison-sourced apparel

Translated by
Nicola Mira
Published
Aug 22, 2016

The American Apparel and Footwear Association (AAFA) has called on US presidential candidates to act against government purchase of uniforms manufactured in American prisons. The market involves 12,000 inmates and generates a revenue of $500 million.


US prison inmates manufacturing Army uniforms - Unicor


The Federal Prison Industries corporation, also known as Unicor, provides US jails with the tools needed for large-scale manufacturing. It is a significant windfall in a nation which claims one of the world's highest ratios of inmates per inhabitant. The AAFA's statement chimes with the government's policy, expressed a few weeks ago, of reducing the number of inmates in private penal institutions. The long-term suppression of such establishments is also on the cards.
 
"The U.S. government rightly prohibits the importation of goods manufactured by prison laborers, but then turns around and buys hundreds of millions of dollars from local U.S. prison factories", AAFA has pointed out.  "We need to put America's workers first and stop the federal reliance on prison labor. We all want more Made in USA opportunities — but we cannot create more Made in USA jobs when those opportunities are eliminated by competition from U.S. prison factories."

 

Copyright © 2024 FashionNetwork.com All rights reserved.