Outsourcing of Apparel Manufacture to China

We currently face an exodus of apparel manufacture being ousourced to other countries - especially China. It is not only debilitating to our NZ manufacturing industry but it also raises concerns as to the impact these choices have on our environment and the questionable human rights ethics some of these countries lack. We are gradually losing our manufacturing workforce to overseas competitors and we need to bring it back to New Zealand.

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I got hit by a simillar issue when I was made redundant from my job.... and found other just like myself... cause it was cheaper... then found out that it was all cheaper overseas... what did I do?.... Started and outsourcing company (www.beckston... see details

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I totally share your concern over this trend of outsourcing production to countries with a lower labour cost. The system is detrimental to our job market and economic system and does not truly benefit people in developing countries. Solution will ... see details