Promote Worker Justice! Buy “Clean” T-shirts

Milwaukee has been named a Fair Trade City - one of only four in the nation. Social Justice teaches us that by our choices, initiative and investment we enhance or diminish economic opportunity, community life and peace in the world. One way to start is to make sure the T-shirts purchased for church and school activities are made in a factory that pays a fair wage. Four Corners of the World Fair Trade Store will order sweatshop free shirts for you (for a $10.00 fee per order) and can help you find a silk-screener for your design.

Samples of colors can be seen at the store or at www.nosweatapparel.com or www.ethicalgoods.org. Go to Affiliates and click on Sweatshop Free T-shirts for more information about the companies, colors and prices or click here: Guide to Ordering Sweatshop Free T-Shirts.

Other shopping guides:

Download the Milwaukee School Clothes Shopping Guide

Download the Milwaukee Clean Clothes Shopping Guide

Download the Milwaukee Fair Trade Fair Trade Coffee/Tea/Chocolate/Fruit Guide

8 Reasons to support fair trade:

1. A Fair Wage
   Workers receive a fair price for their products without fear of exploitation or forced child labor. Fair trade means just working conditions.
2. Quality Products
   By receiving a fair price for their products, fair trade producers can avoid cost-cutting practices that sacrifice quality. Fair trade results in exceptional products.
3. Diversity
   For artisans, making handcrafts is a way to pass on their skills and culture to future generations. Fair trade produces and maintains cultural diversity.
4. Environmental Care
   The environment is not adversely affected by pollution, the destruction of rainforests, or toxic dumping. Fair trade means sound ecology.
5. Education
   Promote education about fair trade, globalization, sweatshops, workers’ rights, and the non-poverty wage. Fair trade is human rights education.
6. Conscientious Consumerism
   Be a consumer who knows where the items they buy come from and under what circumstances. Fair trade produces conscientious consumers.
7. Social Justice Advocacy & Activism
   Create a model in our community which proves that social justice techniques can be successfully applied to the marketplace. Fair trade provides an outlet for positive social activism.
8. Peace
   By partnering with workers around the world, we are able to realize the connectedness and oneness of all humanity. Fair trade is a necessary step toward world peace.