Some NBA ‘I Can’t Breathe’ shirts manufactured by company that pays workers $6 per day

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By Paul Lukas, on December 16th, 2014

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The Washington Post reported that some of the NBA shirts were produced by a company that has long been cited for unfair labor practices, and that the activist who helped organize the production of those shirts now regrets it.

Some NBA ‘I Can’t Breathe’ shirts manufactured by company that pays workers $6 per day

By Justin Moyer December 14 @justinwmmoyer

Last week, NBA stars LeBron James, Kobe Bryant and Deron Williams donned "I CAN'T BREATHE" T-shirts in support of Michael Brown and Eric Garner — two unarmed black men killed by police over the summer. But now, a political activist who helped organize and produce some of the shirts says he regrets they were manufactured by a company that has long been accused of poor labor practices.

Full disclosure: I just checked the label in the L. L. Bean jacket that I wore to work this morning. It was made in the USA. That's surely not true of the majority of items I wore today. I own several t-shirts made by Gildan, the company that made the t-shirts that are the subject of the article.