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dingus
Dec 3, 2007, 4:38 PM
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wannabe wrote: I have heard a rumor that OP gear is made using prison labor. Does anyone have facts or information to back up this rumor? If the rumor is true, how does OP control quality? What is the incentive for a worker in this environment to care enough about my life to do a good job of manufacturing it? Again, I don't have facts, but would really like to know. They do not. They once did. They had lots of QC. It was a state supported prisoner work program designed to benefit business and the prison workers via job skills training. I understand the state program went away and they (OP) always had PR problems associated with it, from generally uninformed people, like me. I once made a similar reference has had been made in this thread. Just the thought of prison labor for climbing gear seemed, um.... bad. The owner or president of OP responded with details of the program. That response satisified me at least that they had good QC procedures in place, that they were not gaining unfair market advantage (they paid commercial salaries and the wages earned went to inmate and victims bills, so to speak). But it is no more and hasn't been for quite some time, as I recall. Cheers DMT
(This post was edited by dingus on Dec 3, 2007, 4:39 PM)
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