'Blue Tin Production is a sewing co-operative run by refugee and immigrant women, designed to creatively address two major issues: 1. The fashion industry’s heavy reliance on sweatshops across south and southeast Asia, which has normalized violence and exploitation of garment workers to create clothes 2. A need for immigrants and refugee women to find well-paid, women-centered, non-patronizing work, while facing countless barriers including transportation, language, childcare, etc. Blue Tin Production seeks to provide highly-skilled refugee and low-income immigrant women full-time work in Chicago, producing clothing for designers and brands nationally, while simultaneously meeting mental and physical health, legal, social service, child care, transportation, language, and other needs of its members. In doing so, Blue Tin Production will act as an alternative to sweatshop-based fashion production within the United States, disrupting chains of violence within the industry. We currently have an anticipated launch date of mid-2019, and already have a wait list of designers and major departments stores wanting to produce clothing with us! Follow our work at http://www.instagram.com/bluetinproduction or donate to help make this work possible at http://launchgood.com/bluetinproduction'
Tags: fashion , fashion production , Refugees , social justice , feminist fashion , Hoda Katebi , immigrant women , worker co-op
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