Ooh! I was talking about this earlier. I think any form of cruelty should be un supported, including sweatshops! No, it is not to animals, people should not be abused. Some of those conditions are horrific. I think we should call sweatshop produced clothing non vegan. Some ways you can avoid direct support/ to avoid buying sweatshop produced clothing:<br><br><br><br>
1. Used. Removed from the purcharser, so you are not zactly contributing to the sweatshop holder. Lots more variety and cheaper too! Eco friendly. Recyyycling.<br><br>
2. Fair Trade Certified. This can get nitpicky, Pangea, apparently the American Apparel Company (labels like Classic Girl and the three circles), Patagonia, probably Uncle Zachs, give us a guarentee they are being kind to employees, and will throw a fit if they hear otherwise. Most organic clothing is probably fair...This stuff is more expensive though.<br><br>
3. Well, you -could-make something yourself! Yeah the thread, cloth etc. *grumbles* THings like scarfs you can knit, other things might get more complicated. But hey, DIY rocks!<br><br><br><br>
And, there are sites advocating letter writing, boycotts, awareness in general. Behindthelabel, and others too.<br><br><br><br>
On the other side, I heard once that people who would "work" in a sweatshop may get stuck using their bodies as a prostitue. Which is worse....So.....complicated issue here.