GAP's 1969 flashback -- These jeans are UNION MADE!
The GAP's 1969 "Real Straight" jeans sporting the "Made in Canada" label are made by Workers United, SEIU members. In the 1990's, consumer outrage forced the GAP to address sweatshop conditions at their factories overseas. 10 years later, the GAP's turnaround includes improved environmental practices, a vender compliance program that monitors overseas factories, and a commitment to manufacturing, in part, at union shops in North America.
Solidarity never looked so good. GAP's superstar designer Patrick Roberson and team spent a year researching the perfect fit denim, a recessionista alternative to high fashion boutique jeans. The results are impressive. The "Real Straight" low rise jeans are slim and forgiving. For $69 you are getting a union quality product at a low price. Perfect to catwalk your next picket line in.
Email the GAP and let them know that you're happy to see they carry union made jeans.
Workers want change
Caroline Booth
Hyatt Hotel, Philadelphia Joint Board, union member for 8 years
The Philadelphia Joint Board will give us a better future for our family, for our brother and sister union members. And for the brothers and sisters who are not union, we will go and organize them-- help their voice be heard. We will work for justice.
Sharen DeCarlo
Banquet Server, Pittsburgh Convention Center, member 21 years
For the first time we have a pension in our shop, we are organizing new members and winning better contracts. We need to be prepared for our next contract fight and the challenges ahead of us.