Fundamentalist recovery groups in Atlanta?
Is there such a thing as a recovery group for people that grew up in (and were traumatized by) extremely fundamentalist homes? I'm asking for a friend.. thank you.
2005-12-09
Shoes made in the USA
You know, I used to think "buy America" was a sham (and it still is if you believe Wal Mart's propaganda) but with the increasing numbers of layoffs and outsourced jobs to India, China and elsewhere I'm changing my tune. It's nice knowing a small number of corporations are interested in the future of our country (as opposed to their own bank accounts and little else).
Reposted from a mailing list I belong to:
> (but buy your shoes from New Balance because some of them
> are still made in Massachusetts..).
Wow.. shoes still made in the US? My next pair will be New Balance. Thanks for sharing this. :)
PS: I found a link about NB and other domestic shoe makers: http://www.usstuff.com/shoes.htm
---------------------------------------------------
Say YES! to:
New Balance Shoes (NewBalance.com)
Five NB(New Balance)-owned and operated facilities in US, & 6th facility in California owned by foreign suppliers, that mow assembles shoes exclusively for New Balance. NB adding 109,000 square feet to our Lawrence distribution center in 2001. Despite expansions, domestic manufacturing capacity has not been able to keep up with overall demand and NB has had to rely more heavily on sub-contracted overseas factories. While the overall percentage of shoes made in this country has decreased and the percentage made overseas has increased, it's important to realize that overall domestic manufacturing jobs and production has increased significantly.
Since 1995 NB has added more than 500 manufacturing and distribution center jobs in the USA, representing a 65% increase in employment and 100% increase in domestic shoe production.
Currently, domestic production accounts for 25-30% of overall production. The ongoing NB goal is to increase percentage of domestic production.
( Click for styles still made in the USA )
Reposted from a mailing list I belong to:
> (but buy your shoes from New Balance because some of them
> are still made in Massachusetts..).
Wow.. shoes still made in the US? My next pair will be New Balance. Thanks for sharing this. :)
PS: I found a link about NB and other domestic shoe makers: http://www.usstuff.com/shoes.htm
---------------------------------------------------
Say YES! to:
New Balance Shoes (NewBalance.com)
Five NB(New Balance)-owned and operated facilities in US, & 6th facility in California owned by foreign suppliers, that mow assembles shoes exclusively for New Balance. NB adding 109,000 square feet to our Lawrence distribution center in 2001. Despite expansions, domestic manufacturing capacity has not been able to keep up with overall demand and NB has had to rely more heavily on sub-contracted overseas factories. While the overall percentage of shoes made in this country has decreased and the percentage made overseas has increased, it's important to realize that overall domestic manufacturing jobs and production has increased significantly.
Since 1995 NB has added more than 500 manufacturing and distribution center jobs in the USA, representing a 65% increase in employment and 100% increase in domestic shoe production.
Currently, domestic production accounts for 25-30% of overall production. The ongoing NB goal is to increase percentage of domestic production.
( Click for styles still made in the USA )