When you are looking to purchase a pair of shoes (or any other product for that matter) for your precious baby have you ever considered what the price you pay actually equates to? Have you ever thought about, for instance, whether the person who made the shoes has been paid fairly?
As an example, if you purchase any baby shoes that are Made in China or other such country, chances are the designer has paid the manufacturer between $USD3.50 to $USD5.00 for the shoes (excluding the shipping). Now that price includes the leather, cost of wages for a person to cut, glue and sew the shoes plus (don't forget) the manufacturer's profit margin.
Let us consider the leather used and the material used for the lining of the baby shoes. All leather is not of equal quality; obviously the better quality the leather the higher the price. And in high quality shoes the lining material is always leather, however in lesser quality shoes it can be microfiber, cotton or have no lining at all.
So considering the possibility that the wage paid for making the shoes is quite low and now thinking about the laws in Australia and the minimum age a person must be to be able to work you wonder how old the workers are who would accept such a wage? I know I definitely think about this now when making my purchasing decisions.
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