I purhased a wonderfully well-made whole-cloth quilt at a store in New Mexico that sells only high-quality imported quilts. I've washed and dried it a number of times and it's good as new. It cost $160 for a super-sized king, and is obviously machine quilted. It was made in India. They must have a big sophisticated machine-made quilt industry, much more sophisticated and high-quality than before.
My feeling about the labor practices involved in the making of these quilts is that for many people in third-world countries, doing this sort of job is an actual job, and probably provides income that supports more than the worker him/herself. It's one of those problems that have two sides--employment versus none, and concern for working conditions in another country versus having no way to impact it at all. I don't have any answer to these questions.