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Unicor Steals Glove Business From Private Firms
Loaded on May 15, 1998
published in Prison Legal News
May, 1998, page 14
The Genco Corporation of Tennessee is among 10 private firms that have contracts with the Defense Department to manufacture gloves for the U.S. military. Suppliers of military gloves are not a happy lot these days, though. Complaining loudly of unfair competition, the 10 glovemakers have banded together to form the ...
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Prison Industries,
Conditions of Confinement,
Clothing.
Location:
United States of America.
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