Nurses can help the economy: BUY AMERICAN SCRUBS

RobertCMT · Feb 01, 2009 10:35 AM

The other day, I received some new scrubs in the mail, made by various companies. I read the labels (and the labels on my old scrubs) and they were all made in Vietnam, Korea, and China.

If every nurse and scrub-wearing health care worker wrote to their scrub company of choice and demanded a product made in the US, we'd be doing our part to help the economy!

RS

*caliotter3* · Feb 01, 2009, 10:38 AM

I've done label checking myself and find that sometimes it can be next to impossible to find something made in the US. It is the US companies that are sending their clothing manufacture overseas to take advantage of cheap labor. Seems like there is not much the individual can accomplish but that shouldn't stop one from trying.

Equinox_93 · Feb 01, 2009, 10:40 AM

OK- so- what brands are actually made here?

RobertCMT · Feb 01, 2009, 10:41 AM

I realize that, but writing to these companies (by the hundreds of thousands) and telling them want American made products, will have an impact.

*flightnurse2b* · Feb 01, 2009, 10:53 AM

www.sassyscrubs.com
www.comfortscrubs.com
www.hicescrubs.com

these are some i found that are still made in the USA.

Not_A_Hat_Person · Feb 01, 2009, 12:38 PM

Most "American-made" clothing is made in the Northern Marianas. Like Puerto Rico, it's US territory, but they make their own immigration and minimum wage laws. Clothing mills import hundreds of thousands of workers from places like China and The Phillipines, and pay them $3 per hour. Because the clothing is made in US soil, it gets a "Made in the USA" label.

SiennaGreen · Feb 01, 2009, 02:38 PM

Re: Nurses can help the economy: BUY AMERICAN SCRUBS
I realize that, but writing to these companies (by the hundreds of thousands) and telling them want American made products, will have an impact.

not unless we are willing to pay the premium for american made goods. Who is willing to pay $58 for a scrub top?

i am very interested in supporting american companies and am grateful that others are also. the frustrating peice in that many folks don't understand that you cannot continue to expect your stuff cheap and locally made.

kythe · Feb 01, 2009, 02:43 PM

I can see your point, but I've never looked at any clothes to see if they are American made. I do my own pocketbook a favor by just shopping at thrift stores. I rarely pay more than $4 for a single piece of clothing, including scrubs and other clothes for myself and my children.

Bortaz, RN · Feb 01, 2009, 02:55 PM

The profits from the sales of items sold within the US go to US companies, regardless of where the items were manufactured. It's not ideal, but it's also not like none of the money is going into the American economy.

ilmbg · Feb 01, 2009, 03:02 PM

I am not a sewing whiz, but even I have made my own scrubs- it is not hard!
The problem is finding material made in USA- not easy....

Nurses can help the economy: BUY AMERICAN SCRUBS

Nurses can help the economy: BUY AMERICAN SCRUBS

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