Over twenty years ago I worked landscaping jobs for around the same hourly wage and I was only a college student. Hugo Boss seems to be more interested in more bloated salaries at the top than anything else. If the Cleveland team is somehow having such a negative impact on a business that sells suits starting at $800 a pop, they really need new management to figure out much bigger problems. When is enough enough? Even if I wanted to pay this much for a suit, I sure wouldn't choose Hugo Boss.
Workers United, which represents most of the plant's employees, said the plant is profitable and the company is shutting it because it can make clothing more cheaply in Europe. The clothing company, famed for its stylish fashion, has a facility in Turkey and contract workers in Romania and Bulgaria.
The union, affiliated with the Service Employees International Union, is asking fans to join Glover by signing an online petition urging Hollywood to shun Hugo Boss at the Oscars.
Hugo Boss AG, based in Metzingen, Germany, said the plant is under capacity and isn't globally competitive. It makes two lines of men's suits there.
During union negotiations last year, the company told workers it wanted to lower wages from $13 an hour to $8.30, Ohio union director Dallas Sells said.
