“The Weatherproof Garment Company . . . mounted a huge billboard on 7th Avenue in New York City’s Times Square advertising the so-called ‘Obama Jacket.’” “The Weatherproof jacket was sewn in Vietnam by workers afforded few human and worker rights protections [who are usually] paid 27 cents an hour.”
Sweatshop Wages in Vietnam
27 cents an hour; $2.16 a day (8 hours)
$12.99 a week (48 hours); $56.29 a month
$675.48 a year
Milwaukee Police Uniform Contract: http://laborrightsblog.typepad.com/international_labor_right/2010/01/milwaukee-police-uniform-contract-finally-awarded-the-work-to-protect-the-workers-who-make-them-begins-now.html