https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/everlane-unionization Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Tue, 21 Apr 2026 07:49:45 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/everlane-unionization#post-2087459 Tue, 24 Dec 2019 02:40:54 +0000 Jaime 2087459@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yes, I have read other grumblings about Everlane also. It is so frustrating that brands that are banking on their ethics can't be trusted. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/everlane-unionization#post-2087426 Tue, 24 Dec 2019 00:30:32 +0000 Kari 2087426@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ditto, Anna and Jenn. (Grrrr.) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/everlane-unionization#post-2087404 Mon, 23 Dec 2019 23:08:32 +0000 annagybe 2087404@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Interesting information Jenn, and also I'm with you on not making my size</p> <p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/everlane-unionization#post-2087395 Mon, 23 Dec 2019 22:11:13 +0000 Jenn 2087395@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>A sustainable fashion activist I trust removed Everlane from her brand list a month or two ago. That’s part of why I didn’t include it in the list I posted. The other reason is that they don’t carry my size. I’m totally unsurprised by this news. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/everlane-unionization#post-2087386 Mon, 23 Dec 2019 21:47:59 +0000 Kari 2087386@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Not necessarily! Many times no, when I’ve been employed as a temp.&nbsp; </p> <p></p> <p>When someone is an independent contractor - I.e. they are their own business and the contract is between them and the company for specific type of project or labor - that’s more likely to be the case, but that’s a totally different type of employment in the US.&nbsp;</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/everlane-unionization#post-2087385 Mon, 23 Dec 2019 21:43:59 +0000 Stagiaire Fash 2087385@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Even without a temp agency, contract workers generally make more than those on contracts, because an employment contract typically includes benefits that a temp worker doesn’t get. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/everlane-unionization#post-2087377 Mon, 23 Dec 2019 21:33:28 +0000 Kari 2087377@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Temporary agencies *are* the employer, and Carla is correct. Pay comes from them, and there is ALWAYS a markup that goes to the agency. (That’s how the temporary agency makes money to pay their own employees, business and operating expenses, etc.) It’s not “skimming”, it’s a charge to the business that uses them for temporary labor on top of the amount they are paying the temporary worker. (Like if I’m a manager at company x, and I’ve hired a temporary employee from Temporary Services Y, and we’ve agreed that Temporary Services Y will be &nbsp;paying them $15/hour, my contract with Temporary Services Y would have a % of the fee on top of $15/hour that I’d also owe them, so I’d be billed $15 plus whatever that additional % was to Temporary Services Y.) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/everlane-unionization#post-2087339 Mon, 23 Dec 2019 19:34:53 +0000 rachylou 2087339@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>The way companies treat workers in the US is egregious. Unions *can* be just another hand in your pocket, but they are also the only recourse. Not cool Everlane. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/everlane-unionization#post-2087289 Mon, 23 Dec 2019 17:39:13 +0000 Carla 2087289@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Agree with Catherine. &nbsp;I do question the issue of the temp workers hired through an agency earning $2 more than the Everlane workers, since often the temp agency skims money off for their brokering service. &nbsp;Temp agencies do recruiting drives, interviews, background checks, and act as the go between between the new employer and the temp worker for the duration of the temporary contract.</p> <p><div>FWIW, I have no bad feelings about temp agencies, since a friend of mine who was having trouble finding employment got taken on by a temp agency. &nbsp;He got lots of support from the agency, weekly contact with his minder and was placed so well, the the new company hired him permanently after 2 months, and he has been moving up in the company - with confidence restored. &nbsp; When with the temp agency he was paid weekly by the temp agency - not the company.</p> <p>Sorry for hijack.</div> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/everlane-unionization#post-2087284 Mon, 23 Dec 2019 17:27:54 +0000 kkards 2087284@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>thank you so much for posting this...i had no idea, and this article, as well as others i have read about what they do and do not tell you about their factories, makes me think of this company in a different light&nbsp;&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/everlane-unionization#post-2087279 Mon, 23 Dec 2019 16:43:33 +0000 catherine 2087279@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Big fan of organized labor here, having spent most of my career in progressive Minnesota. Living and working in a “right to work” (right to be underpaid) state now is an eye-opener, and not in a good way.<br /> It is unfortunate that successful companies in the US will almost never do the right thing for their workers without being pressured into it.<br /> I’m fully aware that organized labor has overstepped as well. On balance, however, it’s often the only voice that workers have.<br /> I wish these new union members well. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/everlane-unionization#post-2087256 Mon, 23 Dec 2019 15:42:55 +0000 annagybe 2087256@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>suntiger, Amazon is definitely problematic, but they don’t tout themselves as an ethical company </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/everlane-unionization#post-2087255 Mon, 23 Dec 2019 15:33:31 +0000 Angie 2087255@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh, dear. That's too bad </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/everlane-unionization#post-2087254 Mon, 23 Dec 2019 15:33:28 +0000 Anonymous 2087254@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>It reminds me of how Amazon does business actually-as far as the strikes and hiring a lot of temp (not just during holiday season). </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/everlane-unionization#post-2087251 Mon, 23 Dec 2019 15:26:52 +0000 annagybe 2087251@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>So apparently their radical transparency doesn’t apply to the entire corporation.<br /> I never ordered from Everlane, for more than one reason, but definitely not going to anytime soon<br /> <a href="https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/epg4en/everlane-employees-unionizing" rel="nofollow">https://www.vice.com/en_us/art.....unionizing</a> </p>