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Gildan Apparel

by TONI H Sep 27, 2006 8:15AM PDT

has plants in Mt. Airy, NC and Hillsville, VA (Cindy lives in Mt. Airy and I'm close to Hillsville)

They make t-shirts as well as other types of sports clothing and socks that are sold at sports events, music concerts, etc.

They are closing up shop and moving the manufacturing plants to Hondorus/Ecuador because of cheaper labor by the end of January.

Just letting you know to look for that Gildan Apparel label should you be in the market to buy any t-shirts at concerts, etc. and possibly get you to change your mind and not buy them.

We've already lost furniture mfr plants such as Vaughan (as in Vaughan-Bassett) and Webb from this area in addition to many jeans processing plants and other apparel industry types due to overseas competition to the point that we have NO industry left here in our community as well as other small communities that depended on the 'made in America' pride.

TONI

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Corporate statement
by marinetbryant Sep 27, 2006 9:11AM PDT
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Remember GAAP will not take away American jobs
by James Denison Sep 28, 2006 3:27AM PDT

we will all be better off for it. So we've been told.

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Bummer
by charlesceely Jun 25, 2007 4:57AM PDT

Everybody is looking for cheap labor. It would be great to have more socially responsible business leaders. I came across a great contest for non-profit business professionals at www.svn.org/imaginewhatsnext. They are holding a contest to reward business leaders for starting or running socially responsible companies. This seems to be a growing trend!

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Interesting... I wasn't aware Gildan moved last year.
by grimgraphix Jun 25, 2007 5:50AM PDT

I usually get American Apparel t-shirts when I do screen print jobs for myself and friends. It's a high quality product and guaranteed to be made in the US along with the employees getting paid a livable wage for their work.

grim

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Globalization is the cause....
by C1ay Jun 25, 2007 5:51AM PDT

....and it will do nothing but continue to grow. As long as there are hungry people elsewhere they will always be willing to work cheaper than the ones here that have groceries. For many companies like Gildan they find that they have to make these moves to compete with the competition that has already made the move.

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In a popular country song, the singer swears he'll
by drpruner. Jun 25, 2007 6:27AM PDT

love his honeybunch "as long as Justin boots are made in Fort Worth". He can play the field now; they moved to the Orient a few years ago.

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