RE: I am not a plastic bag
If people read the article and feel motivated to do so I really hope that you give 5 mins to support some of the links and email the factory employers.
If you read that large pdf on the site, there are stories of workers who are employed to make products for very large supermarkets being forced to work 24 hour shifts and being denied rights such as going to the toilet.
Trade unionists in countries who are trying to change conditions are being intimidated and even murdered in some cases.
I am really having a large rethink about what clothes and shoes I wear in order that what is on my back, hasnt meant someone being treated cruelly and threatened with the sack or sacked if they complain.
Some of these shops when asked were quite open about the fact that they did not believe in a minimum living wage for their employees.
When the head of Primark was offered a garment that would cost 5 pounds to make and sell for ten pounds, he said he wanted it to cost 3 quid to make and sell for 7 and he didnt care how those costs were reduced.
Until Primark goes fairtrade or hell freezes over, I wont be shopping there again, no matter if you can get copies of catwalk clothes dirt cheap, its not worth it.
RE: I am not a plastic bag
There was an article in yesterdays paper stating that some people are now buying these "I am not a plastic bag" bags off Ebay for up to £200 simply because theyare limited edition designer bags [:@]I am pleased that some Supermarkets are following the example set by the Co-op and increasing Fair trade goods however we have an uphill battle dealing with consumers who have this mentality...
RE: I am not a plastic bag
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...however we have an uphill battle dealing with consumers who have this mentality...
Similar to the mentality of all those women who were lining up to buy their (limited to) 5 items from the new Kate Moss collection of fashion. For gawds sake, their just ordinary clothes; pairs of jeans etc.; nothing special about them.
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Well I was in Top Shop yesterday and I can assure you, the Kate Moss range is nothing special. A plain vest top, 12 quid, a kaftan, 60 quid, the range certainly didnt sell out north of the border.
Kate Moss got 3 million quid for helping put this together, I wonder how much the people in the sweatshops who made the range got paid?
I like the co-op, its always been an ethical shop, Im just sorry I dont have one near me any longer. TU at Sainsburys are also doing a fairtrade range.
We all have responsibilty and choice when it comes to making ethical shopping purchses, agreed the choice is limited but I for one, wont be buying sweatshop made goods, now or any time in the future.
RE: I am not a plastic bag
[link= http://www.labourbehindthelabel.org ]www.labourbehindthelabel.org[/link]
Another useful link