help save No Sweat Apparel! buy a tee, get a share of stock!

[galledgoblin]

"Buy Punked Rosie, Get Stock in the Company! We have one last shot at recapitalizing next month - here's our final bid: We're selling 10% of the company to our next 30,000 customers! We have new Punked Rosie Printed Hoodies and Tees (all sizes) - for each punked tee you buy you get one share of common stock in No Sweat; for each punked hoodie you get 2 shares. Want more info? How about in the form of a song? Jonathan Mann has produced a great song and YouTube video for the occasion!"

http://www.nosweatapparel.com/miva/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Category_Code=NO-LOGO

this is a really great company but the current economic straits hit them hard. they've been liquidating their stock and switching to primarily wholesale as they've sought out investors. this is a chance for individuals who really like their mission and their clothes to get involved.

the only other company that I know of that comes anywhere close to No Sweat's company ethics is American Apparel, and they are VERY anti-union. No Sweat's company mission is more progressive and they remain loyal to it:

"Bienestar International manufactures union-made footwear & casual clothing under the brand name No Sweat™. Our gear is produced by independent trade union members in the US, Canada, and the developing world. We believe that the only viable response to globalization is a global labor movement.

No Sweat is the pioneer of fair trade fashion and footwear, setting an empowered, unionized workforce as the gold standard for fair trade clothing. We market direct to consumers via the internet, through our network of independent retailers and by custom orders to wholesale customers. We provide a competitively priced fairly traded product to you and a living wage to our workers. How? By not advertising. We rely on you to help us spread the word! To see how, go to Globalize THIS. It’s our world. Let’s change it."

http://www.nosweatapparel.com/index.html
http://www.nosweatapparel.com/faqs/index.html

personally, I particularly like their sneakers; in the past they stocked high tops like red "MoJo" (sponsored by the magazine Mother Jones) and "Code Pink", but haven't in a while as they've been forced to cut back. I'm currently wearing a pair of black low-tops.

[wicket]

1. Very cool!

Thanks for posting this! I plan to buy a shirt when I get paid Friday.

[wicket]

2. This needs a

:kick:

[Luminous Animal]

3. Kick. I just ordered a hoodie.

[wicket]

4. And another

:kick:

[galledgoblin]

5. thankies!