Nurses can help the economy: BUY AMERICAN SCRUBS

[NurseExorcist]

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

[Altra, BSN, RN]

http://www.scrubmed.com/

Another company with US-made scrubs. The quality is excellent - I've ordered from them twice. They will also alter the pant/sleeve length for shorter or taller folks.

[Foreverplaid1]

Hi flighnurse2b!

Thanks so much for the places to buy american made scrubs-really helpful:)

[Foreverplaid1]

Hi Altra!

Very helpful and much appreciated:)

HAPPY NURSING:D

[Foreverplaid1]

Hi Good to know-I'll check them all out.

Thanks again!

[leslie :-D]

i recently bought fiestaware, serving for 8.

that's made in the usa too.

and i'm loving my pretty color dishes.

leslie

[caliotter3]

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.

Well this info is heartening.

[gentlegiver, ASN, LPN, RN]

Finding goods made in the USA is very difficult. In order to avoid paying taxes, companies have moved out of the country. Then they not only don't have to pay taxes but get major breaks to import back into the country. This is the Fair Trade Agreement in action. Sad but true, I have found many products marked Made In the USA were actually made in China but ordered & sold by US companies.

[redranger]

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.

Nurses don't even make $3 per hour in Philippines.

Average Salary per day is about $7 per day based on a 12 hour day.\ for a factory worker in PI.

On a side note, you can make and produce products in a 3rd world country and import a product and put a design on the clothes and legally say "Assembled in USA", so watch your labels.....

[Freedom42]

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.

No, but it's not like those profits are supporting the creation of jobs in the U.S. economy, either.

I come from a state once renowned for its shoe industry. Thousands of those jobs have been moved to other countries since the tariff on offshore shoe imports was killed during the Reagan era. Should I feel good about profits going to U.S. companies that use cut-rate labor offshore? I think not!

Thank you, OP! Great point!

P.S. I do look at my labels. That's why I wear New Balance.

[Freedom42]

Mainely Made Scrubs

[Scrubby]

I'm in the land of Oz but I buy Greenscrubs which are an American company. They make the best hats and they have gorgeous fabric.

[redranger]

Maybe the Scrubs Company need a Obama Bail Out...