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Alta Gracia Apparel
Alta Gracia Apparel is a fair trade apparel company located in the Dominican Republic. It is owned by the leading maker of college-logo clothing, Knights Apparel, a privately held firm that is located in Spartanburg, South Carolina in the United States.〔
==History==
Alta Gracia is located in a former apparel sweatshop,〔 that made baseball caps for Reebok and Nike until 2007. Its owner, BJ+B moved its clothing manufacture operations to Vietnam and Bangladesh where there were lower employment costs. Knights Apparel bought the factory, had it renovated, and installed ergonomic equipment and better lighting for improved working conditions.〔〔 Aside from Alta Gracia, Knights Apparel's clothing is made in countries that do not support a living wage, but are monitored annually for safety conditions.〔
The Alta Gracia factory opened in 2010〔 and pays its employees a living wage for adequate food and shelter, which is about three and a half times the amount average income of apparel workers in the Dominican Republic. In terms of lifestyle, this can mean the difference between living in a shack and living in a multi-room home with indoor plumbing. The factory employs about 130 unionized people who in 2013 make about $3 per hour, or $500 per month. This compares to the average wage in Bangladesh of $40 to $64 per month, according to a May 2013 survey reported by Reuters.〔〔Jackie Northam. ("Can This Dominican Factory Pay Good Wages and Make a Profit?" ). NPR. June 30, 2013. Retrieved April 9, 2014.〕
Offering workers a fair wage came as the result of a health crisis by Knight Apparel's CEO Joseph Bozich who wanted to ensure more equitable wages for apparel workers〔 after meeting with college students. He said ""When I heard their passion consistently over the years, it started convincing me that if we made this initiative a reality that could be successful, that consumers would support it". Student activists like the United Students Against Sweatshops and a movement led by James Wilkerson at Duke University have called for fairer working wages and conditions. Alta Gracia Apparel works with the Workers Rights Consortium which monitors factories for fair labor treatment of works in school logo apparel factories.〔
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