My son is now able to attend a university.  Before, it was difficult to come up with the money for his school tuition; it was even tough coming up with the money to make sure he was able to eat.

Mario Perez, AG Employee

My family's overall lifestyle has improved. I could return to my college education. I'm now able to pay a rent to live with my children.

Maritza Betancourt, AG Employee

Started my own business. The quality of my family's lifestyle has improve. 

Johan Duran, former employee, Small Business Owner

In the fifteen year history of codes of conduct and monitoring programs... the simple fact is—no major apparel brand has ever done what is being done at the Alta Gracia factory.”

Scott Nova, Executive Director of the  Worker Rights Consortium (WRC)

The decision to use Alta Gracia again was based on the quality of its product and its commitment to workers’ rights. 

Catherine Simonson, Notre Dame Shirt Project Executive Committee member

USFT chose to endorse AG because it sets a higher standard for social justice… Alta Gracia is a truly inspiring project - workers love their jobs and the quality of work is much higher than anything I've seen! 

Maria Louzon, National Coordinator for United Students for Fair Trade

Documents found at the Tazreen apparel factory in Bangladesh, where 112 workers died in a fire nearly two weeks ago, indicate that three American garment companies were using the facotry during the past uear to supply goods to Walmart and its Sam's Club subsidiary.

The New York Times

A couple of decades ago, we first heard about all these sensational scandals about Nike sweatshops, and I would say, two decades later, not much has changed.

ESPN Outside The Lines

For undeveloped and developing countries such as Bangladesh, Vietnam, Guatemala, and many many others this is how people make a “living”. I put quotations around the word living because the little money workers make in return for their hard labor is a joke.

The Journal, Webster University