Ethical soles
April 11, 2004 | bengisu yilmazturk
So many footwear companies have dodgy reputations for using sweat shop labour that buying a pair of trainers which you know for sure haven't been produced without abusive practices, is not easy. Thankfully, the conscientious people at No Sweat have created the No Sweat Sneaker, a shoe which they say is "the only 100% union-made sneaker in the world" made in a fully unionised factory in Jakarta, Indonesia. All No Sweat shoemakers receive 100% health insurance, a rice allowance based on the size of their family, and are paid 25% more than the average wage in the region and 40% higher than the minimum range. And the design is pretty impressive and bears a close resemblance to a certain other trainer that doesn't have a sweat-shop free rep (know what I mean Converse crew?). You can order
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