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Broken thread: College clothing made in factories rife with labor violations, poverty wages
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Broken thread: College clothing made in factories rife with labor violations, poverty wages

  • Oct 26, 2023
  • Oct 26, 2023 Updated Oct 30, 2023
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College apparel represents a multi-billion-dollar industry. Buying a $35 shirt allows you to blend into a sea of fellow fans on game day. But underneath the surface lies a harsh reality behind how that $35 shirt made it onto store shelves.

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Broken threads: 5 things to know about troubled college clothing industry

Broken threads: 5 things to know about troubled college clothing industry

The Lee Enterprises Public Service Journalism team just published a new investigation that reveals the chronically low pay and labor violations that plague the factories where college gear is made. Here are five things to know.

Broken threads: College clothing made in factories rife with labor violations, poverty wages

Broken threads: College clothing made in factories rife with labor violations, poverty wages

Garment workers making college logo gear for top U.S. universities deal with long hours, labor rights violations, wage theft and poverty wages on a regular basis. Can universities do more?

UW-Madison relies on labor rights orgs, questionnaires to weed out bad licensees

UW-Madison relies on labor rights orgs, questionnaires to weed out bad licensees

UW-Madison relies on the Workers Rights Consortium to flag incidents of violations of its licensing code of conduct, while many other Division I universities overlook it, a Lee Enterprises investigation found.

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