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Ok, so was this a serious enquiry? If so, the answer is than 2nd hand garments are always the best choice, even if they were originally bought from the Nike superstore.
Otherwise, Gildan, who are a very popular choice of t-shirt for polo team shirts are pretty terrible, for example, using contract factories in central America (a.k.a. maquiladors) in which conditions are often as bad or worse than anything on the Pacific rim.
Chunk are much better, as most of their stuff is made in Turkey (I think), where workers' rights are much more respected, and freedom of association is much less restricted (freedom of association is probably the most important single factor - restrictions on freedom of association can make it virtually impossible to form a workers' organisation. Workers' organisations are essential to improvements in workers' conditions).
For an overview, one of the best places to look is Labour Behind the Label. Read that, and you're unlikely to go shopping in the lower end of the 'high street' shops ever again.