American Apparel

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American Apparel is the most passionate and innovative wholesale blank t-shirt, long sleeve t-shirt and hooded sweatshirt manufacturer and distributor in the world. They are committed to leveraging art, design, and technology to produce garments of the highest quality while pioneering industry standards of social responsibility. At American Apparel they make "Sweatshop Free" t-shirts, long sleeve t-shirts and hooded sweatshirts. Their goal is to seek profits through innovation not exploitation. They are advancing a hyper capitalist-socialist business fusion. By relentlessly pursuing efficiencies in management and production, they aim to demonstrate that the use of exploitative labor tactics is not only unnecessary but actually counterproductive.

MISSION

American Apparel is a vertically integrated manufacturer and retailer of clothing for men, women, kids and dogs. Meaning, they've consolidated all stages of production under one roof at our downtown Los Angeles factory—from the cutting and sewing, right through to the photography and marketing.

Ultimately, it is this system that allows them to stay competitive while paying the highest wages in the garment industry. Because they don't outsource to local or developing-nation sweatshops (or to ad agencies, for that matter) the entire process is time-efficient, and they can respond faster to market demand.

They offer the following benefits to all of their employees, sewers and administrators alike, as a matter of policy: paid time off, affordable healthcare for them and their families, company-subsidized lunches, bus passes, free ESL classes, on-site masseurs, free parking, proper lighting and ventilation, and the most up-to-date equipment (be it the latest cutting machine or software). They are continually striving to improve the work environment.

More importantly to their garment workers though, they offer year-round employment and job security, with virtually no turnover. This is anomalous in an industry dominated by seasonal work.

Not to suggest that they are more ethical than the next business. They're just out to try something different, to make a buck, to bring people the clothes they love, to be human, and have a good time in the process.

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