Primark - a web of sleeze!

[dawny1970]

its actually the factory owners fault as it was only supposed to be 4 floors, he illegally added another 3, regs said 4 to comply with safety codes, but the OP forgot to mention this, so it was the owners own greed that killed those poor people, btw he was a local and not a multinational conglomerate member!!

 

 

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[alchresearch]

$1.20 a day could very well be the equivalent buying power of £70 in the uk, your statement needs to be in context or your amounts earned is a pointless number!!!

 

Its above the minimum wage that the country's government board set up in 2006.

[MrSmith]

Bit harsh if youre suggesting the factory workers dying has merely helped out a little

 

No, just pointing out that people die all the time and if you are going to get upset every time someone dies, you will be getting upset every 3 minutes.

[alchresearch]

The Garfield Weston Foundation, a 'charity' that has given illegal donations to the Conservative Party and to other right wing institutions including the innocent sounding Centre for Policy Studies, has a majority share in Wittington Investments.

 

I've had a Google and all I can find about Garfield Weston is charitable donations, nothing illegal.

 

Oxford Uni

http://www.campaign.ox.ac.uk/news/garfield_weston.html

 

National Space Academy

http://nationalspaceacademy.org/about/funders-and-supporters/57-the-garfield-weston-foundation

 

The Charity Commission reported "concerns" about political donations in 2010, but nothing illegal.

 

http://www.charitycommission.gov.uk/RSS/News/pr_garfield.aspx

[ronthenekred]

They weren't killed by British businessmen, they were killed by their own countrymen who were exploiting them just as much as Primark.

 

But that doesn't fit in with the sort of liberal, namby-pamby hand wringing you were trying to elicit, does it?

 

So you concede that Primark are as culpable?

[frededwards]

No. Primark were exploiting them only to the extent that they paying the lowest price for their product they could.

 

It is their employer that decided what renumeration the individual employees should recieve, and who flouted building and safety regs.

[alchresearch]

The sad thing is that the Primark labour isn't new.

 

2006:

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/primark-faces-new-claims-that-it-uses-sweatshop-labour-1833843.html

 

2008:

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/primark-child-labour-is-ethical-shopping-314574

 

2011:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/jun/16/bbc-primark-child-labour

 

http://www.primarkresponse.com/panorama/primark-statement/

[frededwards]

"Primark welcomes the decision of the BBC Trust which confirms that Panorama: “Primark on the Rack”, was based on fabrication and was littered with poor journalistic practices."

 

 

So the BBC fabricated evidence...............unexcusable.

 

 

Is anyone really niave enough to think that when they buy a T-shirt for a couple of quid, that the third world woker who made was paid a fair days wage?

 

Rather than castigating Primark, who flog cheap crap to the masses, concentrate your ire on the premium brands who have their £70 training shoes made in the same factories.

 

If you want to make a statement, buy sandals and corduroys that are made in England.

[Marx]

If you want to make a statement, buy sandals and corduroys that are made in England.

 

Or Calvin Klein or Tommy Hilfigger brands, one of only two companies to sign-up to a fair trade agreement.

 

Being a union leader and pushing for change can also be detrimental to one's health in a permanent way.

[geared]

Who cares, Primark have been at it for ages - so has every other clothing brand out there.

 

It's not their fault or problem that the factory collapsed, the builder/owners/architects and corrupt officials have that on their heads.