Someone got paid about 4 dollars a day in Haiti to make your Gildan shirt.
Haiti is one of many countries to establish a minimum wage that varies across employment sectors, with different daily rates established for domestic workers, electricians, bank employees, and other professions.
“As opposed to the bulk of Gildan’s operations, which are vertically integrated, sewing operations in Haiti are subcontracted by Gildan to third parties. Therefore, to address the concerns which were raised regarding the issue of minimum wages in Haiti, Gildan made a commitment in November 2013 to require its third party contractors in the country to comply with the payment of 300 gourdes per day in an eight hour work day to their piece rate workers, based on the expectation that they continue to operate at a reasonable efficiency rate.”
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