Jockey Women's T Shirt
Published on Feb 03, 2016
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
JOCKEY WOMENS T-SHIRT
BY: K'ANDRE, JOE, MAX H. AND MAX N.
Manufactured
- Columbia, South America
- In 1980's, "Jockey for Her" was created in the US
- Input: Cotton comes from the Mississippi Delta
- Labor intensive manufacturing process
Photo by sinosplice
SITE FACTORS
- Impoverished and sometimes dangerous locations
- Low minimum wages ($ 307.00 per month)
- Unskilled, female workers
- Protests for better working conditions
- Capital: If minimum wages rise, they'll move elsewhere
SITUATION FACTORS
- Travel of cotton from US by shipping container is inexpensive
- 82,880 shirts can be shipped in one container
- Shipping containers are faster than trucks
- Send cotton to Columbia and the shirt travels back to US for less than $1 in shipping
Photo by Glyn Lowe Photoworks.
