The current dominant marketing system is controlled primarily by large retail corporation that compete on price by suppressing labor pay to awfully low rates in third world countries (as low as 20 cents per hour). North Country Fair Trade was established by and for garment workers forced out of their jobs after standing up for their rights in maquiladoras owned by large U.S. apparel corporations. They had the audacity to demand fair working conditions. Your purchase helps make it happen.
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