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Sweatshop In Queens Produced Clothes For Macy's, the Gap, Banana Republic, Urban Apparel, and Victoria's Secret
New York state labor officials are bringing one of their largest cases ever against Jin Shun, a clothing factory in Queens, New York that employed Chinese immigrants. Inspectors say the company
- cheated its workers out of more than $5 million in pay;
- instructed workers to lie to state inspectors;
- required 6 and 7-day workweeks, sometimes for up to 120 days at a time;
- didn't pay overtime or minimum wage;
- kept two sets of timecards to fake-out inspectors.
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Spreadshirt Inc. Spares Frat From Dressing Like Girly Men
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Gold Llame Window Display Confuses Shopper Into Thinking American Apparel Is Store For Hookers
Because we loathe the peculiar iteration of kiddie porn that passes for American Apparel's advertising, we got a kick out of the photo and description submitted to our Flickr pool by reader (and #1Consumerist reader Flickr pool submitter!) Maulleigh.
"In midtown, I saw this in the window and thought to myself, "That must be where the whores shop." It's not unheard of in that part of town.
No, it was American Apparel."
Take away all the fluffy faux anti-fluff, and American Apparel actually makes nice cotton basics. But their advertising, and the the indentured servitude of their deluded employees, gives us the creeps.
(Photo: Maulleigh)
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Go Big, Go Gnome, Go Glarkware
Josh tried to buy his girlfriend a "Go Big or Go Gnome" shirt from Glarkware.com, but they sold out before they could ship the shirt. Leah from Glarkware emailed Josh and offered to either issue a refund, or send a different shirt. Josh picked out a different shirt, but come on, what could replace a "Go Big or Go Gnome" shirt? Right, nothing. More »
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American Apparel Sells Out
Privately-held American Apparel will sell itself to a small investment firm for $382.5 million. NYT reports, More »
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Big Man Hugs For LL Bean
We spew a lot of slags and jags here but every once in a while, we like to take a moment to praise an instance of particularly good customer service. More »
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American Apparel FlipFlops, Flapped
We've obviously taken this American Apparel flipflop thing too far. Jumped the shark, and all that. So why not do another shot while writhing on the floor? Render the blackout a deeper shade of obsidian? More »
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American Apparel Waffles on Flip Flops
According to one of our American Apparel moles, the infamous flip flops they were selling, made in Thailand, not by hardworking Mexican imports given fair wages, health benefits and all the Blackberry PDAs they can eat... have been pulled. More »
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American Apparel Responds to Resignation Letter
We asked The Consumerist's resident American Apparel lurker, Weronika Cwir (pictured), what she thought of Laurelle's resignation letter we posted earlier this week. The letter was written prior to Weronika's matriculation at the AA school of the future of the now, but she did manage to pen a heartfelt and revealing response that paints a softer side of the vestment micro-giant. More »
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Best Posts Ever, This Week
• Beat an Ebay Scammer: Call His Mom. A little Googling and you can have that fraudster sniveling on his mom's linoleum floor, begging for mercy. No personal sponge-baths for a week, young man.• The Best Thing We Have Ever Posted: Reader Tries To Cancel AOL. 'Nuff said.
• Canceling Fax Service Like Passing Gallstones. You're right, that really does look like he's crushing a hamster.
• American Apparel Resignation Letter. Gawker said that after receiving this, Dov Charney fucked the envelope it came in.
• How To Get Your Phone Fixed: Make It A Pay Phone. Sweet phreak, just don't get carried away and start blowing kazoo sounds in like Captain Crunch, that shit doesn't work anymore. More »
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American Apparel Resignation Letter
Hot on the heels of news that American Apparel is stocking flip-flops from Thailand, seemingly flying in the face of AA's commitment to 'vertically-integrated, sweatshop free goods,' comes a letter. A resignation letter from an employee from March 2005, who at the time claims to be the most senior Canadian American Apparel employee. More »
shopping
We have lots of tipsters: free-thinking contraantidisestablishmentarianists at the retail counter slyly noting down their bosses' every insidious transgression against the American consumer; once soulless fat cats who have rediscovered their humanity, dramatically hurled their baby blood martinis to the floor and written us about the Mephistophelean dealings being made in Corporate America as a sort of moral atonement.
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American Apparel Flip Flops Over Human Rights?
We have lots of tipsters: free-thinking contraantidisestablishmentarianists at the retail counter slyly noting down their bosses' every insidious transgression against the American consumer; once soulless fat cats who have rediscovered their humanity, dramatically hurled their baby blood martinis to the floor and written us about the Mephistophelean dealings being made in Corporate America as a sort of moral atonement.
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UPDATE: Ugly American Apparel
Last week, Holly complained about some shoddily constructed American Apparel shirts she bought that disentegrated shortly after purchase. More »
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The Week in Product Recalls: Poisonings, Burns, Strangulations, Deadly Chickens
Metal Charms Recalled for Lead Poisoning Hazard to Children
Hazard: "The recalled charms contain high levels of lead, posing a serious risk of lead poisoning and adverse health effects to young children." More »
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