U.S. sock makers wage war on Gildan imports

“We are just anti-unfair-trade.”

Just two years after launching an ambitious plan to become a major player in the North American hosiery business, Gildan Activewear Inc. via Globeinvestor.com

[Donna]

What was happening to all of the textile jobs before Gildan bought out Kentucky Derby Hoisery? Many people in Mount Airy, in sock manufacturing, were losing their jobs long before the KDH buy-out. Gildan is only as guilty as all the other manufacturers in America who have sold us out for cheap foreign labor.