Episode 41: It's Time To Stand Up For Workers (featuring Gabriela + Kenzie)

<p>Many--perhaps most--companies have no value for the lives of their workers. Today's episode digs into multiple perspectives on that: Amanda's various experiences through her career, a Brookings Institute study on Covid and retail workers, how retailers' refusal to #payup has impacted garment workers, and Kenzie tells us what it's like to work at Costco. It turns out, working at Costco is pretty good. And that raises the question, why can’t everyone else treat their workers like that? Also: Gabriela shares her vision for the future of the fashion industry.</p><p>Gabriela made a bunch of recommendations in this episode and here they are:</p><p>BOOKS<br><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11797414-overdressed"><strong>Overdressed: The Shockingly High Cost of Cheap Fashion</strong></a><br>by Elizabeth L. Cline </p><p><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5571.Cradle_to_Cradle?from_search=true&amp;from_srp=true&amp;qid=PWzcbDyfec&amp;rank=1"><strong>Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things</strong></a><br>by William McDonough, Michael Braungart</p><p><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16066814-the-upcycle?from_search=true&amp;from_srp=true&amp;qid=S2WgRyy1Uh&amp;rank=1"><strong>The Upcycle: Beyond Sustainability--Designing for Abundance</strong></a><br>by William McDonough, Michael Braungart<br><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25664078-zero-waste-fashion-design?ac=1&amp;from_search=true&amp;qid=6HPU6pJezx&amp;rank=1"><br><strong>Zero Waste Fashion Design</strong></a><br>by Timo Rissanen, Holly McQuillan</p><p>MOVIES<br><a href="https://truecostmovie.com/"><strong>The True Cost</strong></a><strong></strong></p><p>BUSINESSES<br><a href="https://www.anaono.com/"><strong>AnaOno</strong></a><strong><br></strong><a href="https://www.shopgogos.com/"><strong>Gogo's</strong></a><strong><br></strong><a href="https://maisonsoleil.com/"><strong>Maison Soleil</strong></a><strong></strong></p><p>If you have something to contribute to the conversation, thoughts, questions, m