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clifff

Mountain climber
golden, rollin hills of California
Jan 22, 2017 - 10:31am PT
material costs: ($10 per yard - 5 yards for a great coat)

http://www.questoutfitters.com/insulations.htm

http://www.seattlefabrics.com/insulations_frameset.html

http://www.owfinc.com/fabrics.html

https://ripstopbytheroll.com/products/primaloft-gold-3-oz-sq-yd
bchains

Trad climber
Bay Area, CA
Jan 22, 2017 - 10:37am PT
Here's everyone's hero Bernie Sanders wearing a $689 Burton [ak] 2L LZ Down Jacket to the inauguration FOR THE PEOPLE!

http://www.racked.com/2017/1/20/14342456/bernie-sanders-inauguration-parka

https://www.burton.com/us/en/burton-ak-2l-lz-down-jacket/W17-100061.html?dwvar_W17-100061_variationColor=10006103408
Oplopanax

Mountain climber
The Deep Woods
Jan 23, 2017 - 02:46pm PT
Quoting average hourly wage for garment workers is of questionable utility if they are paid for piecework rather than hourly?
Peater

Trad climber
Salt Lake City Ut.
Jan 23, 2017 - 06:29pm PT
Gimp, thanks for posting

Workers minimum wages in Asia are generally set by their governments, not the factories. Though some may use the "piece work" system the ones I've visited do not. I personally think the "piece work" system is better because the worker gets rewarded above their base wage for more output. But the factories don't have the industrial engineering capacity to deal with that.

I think the wages you were quoted are outdated. Without any actual data I suspect that wages are somewhat higher than that. Yes clothing brands scour the world for the cheapest labor market but you still see the workers on break texting on their cellphones.

But I also despise the inevitable slime that "run" factories in oppressive conditions.
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