I went to some websites and they are like double and triple for sweatshirts, pants, assesserioes. Why is that. I want to buy organic sweatshop free stuff but I can't resist the cheaper clothing at department stores and other shops. Does anyone have info on where I can get cheaper organic clothing?
2007-09-19 17:28:23 · 8 answers · asked by silenceofnike 2 in Environment ➔ Green Living
because they have to actually pay people higher wages since it isn't made in a sweatshop, also organic things are always more expensive i think it requires more labour and care to make organic products.
2007-09-19 17:36:50 · answer #1 · answered by Pollywolly 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
In this case you pay more for the same product.
Sweatshops despite what you may believe are actually good things anyway since they are better than subsistence farming, prostitution, trash collecting and starvation which is what those working in them would be doing if they weren't working in a sweatshop. Over time they'll end up demanding better conditions and they'll end up getting them too but even right now the sweatshops are better than the alternatives for those people (otherwise they wouldn't be working there).
Organic in food and clothing is a meaningless term that just means you get to pay more for the same product (although you do get a vague feeling of having done good but that's just an illusion).
The one possibility if you don't want to pay more for sweatshop free clothing would be to wait for better automation of the clothing industry, those who have labour costs that are too low can easily find themselves getting out competed by those who had higher labour costs and invested in automation to reduce them. If I were owning a clothing company that differentiated itself on not using sweatshops I'd be looking at getting a robotic work force very seriously.
2007-09-20 06:48:46 · answer #2 · answered by bestonnet_00 7 · 0⤊ 3⤋
I hate to say this,but;They cost more to make.I would love it if everything (organic or non) would be the same price,but alas,big companies like paying little to have there clothes made,which in turn,makes it easier anc cheaper for them to sell.
I wish everything were sweatshop free and organic cotton,but the world isnt that lucky...
2007-09-20 12:27:21 · answer #3 · answered by Phish 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A. Economies of Scale. The more you produce of something, the lower the overhead, and the lower the price.
B. Sweatshops don't pay a living wage, lowering the price.
I'd rather pay a little more in dollars for a pair of jeans than pay more in the form of worker oppression and environmental decimation.
2007-09-20 01:11:46 · answer #4 · answered by joecool123_us 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Because :
*Poor producers and workers in developing countries should receive a fair price for crops by multinational companies
*Workers should have fair living wages and decent working conditions, rights to join trade unions have minimum health and safety standards as well as environmental standards.
*No child or forced labour should be allowed.
*Producer organizations should increase their environmental stability investing in the development of their organizations their own community and the welfare of their producers and workers.
*Long term contracts encourage producer investment in employees, training, sustainable practices and environmental responsibility.
Cheaper organic clothing means you are not paying the true price of the clothing. Buying cheap clothing means you are exploiting workers in developing countries or practices that exploit communities and the environment.
2007-09-20 02:25:31 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
economics......organic means grown/raised naturally so if made of cotton or wool the yields of the material are less so less material higher prices(simple supply and demand) also sweatshop labor is dirt cheap like so cheap it's almost negligable.....if you pay people a fair wage that raises the cost of producing the clothes
2007-09-20 00:37:55 · answer #6 · answered by Naveed 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
because the guys who produce synthetics are in charge of the world
and there has been a war on organic clothing since 1925
that is the main reason marijuanna became illegal the old jeans were made from this fibre
and today all organic material is coming from small producers and are not really mass produced any more ,so it is more expensive
only a few places today produce silks and cotton and hemp compared to before .
2007-09-20 00:39:58 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 3⤋
duh you don't have some 3 year old sewing your shirt for 5 dollars a week
2007-09-21 01:19:52 · answer #8 · answered by crazy_devil_dan 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋