Internet shopping- not so clever

[woodmally]

When you click on your completed basket , spare a thought for how that purchase gets to you - zero hours pickers in a vast warehouse , delivery drivers on 50 pence per parcel,that's the job future for your kids...Happy New Year ...keep voting Labour xxx

 

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Forgot to mention, the need for food banks is totally shocking , but I believe that the Trussell Trust are coining it at £1000 for each one set up ....could be wrong so would appreciate anyone who can prove this either way ..

 

Perhaps I'm being daft here but I thought the problem with 0 hours is that they were on a contract and didnt get anywork.

 

0 hours are fine if they are in work as they are earning money. And there is a surplus of work available.

[anfisa]

When you click on your completed basket , spare a thought for how that purchase gets to you - zero hours pickers in a vast warehouse , delivery drivers on 50 pence per parcel,that's the job future for your kids...Happy New Year ...keep voting Labour xxx

 

---------- Post added 28-12-2014 at 23:04 ----------

 

Forgot to mention, the need for food banks is totally shocking , but I believe that the Trussell Trust are coining it at £1000 for each one set up ....could be wrong so would appreciate anyone who can prove this either way ..

 

http://www.trusselltrust.org/rumour-response

The Trussell Trust does not make a profit from churches starting foodbanks with us. Organisations that decide to sign up to develop a Trussell Trust foodbank make a commitment to give a £1,500 contribution towards the cost of what they receive from the Trussell Trust. Every church that sets up a foodbank receives over £5,000 in value from the Trussell Trust in the first year alone: this includes an operating manual, onsite training, a template website, an online data collection system which supports their operations, a helpline, PR support, marketing materials and a share in the benefits of nationally negotiated fundraising initiatives and corporate relationships.

[Guest]

There are lots of small businesses out there exclusively online, or who devote a lot of effort to their online sales. Designers, dyers, yarn shops, coffee sellers, chocolate shops, specialist food shops, book shops, card shops: all my Christmas shopping was done online this year, as it has been for a a good few years now (or very nearly all of it, in recent years).

 

Online shopping doesn't begin and end with Amazon and the other big boys. You have access to hundreds of alternatives of all sizes and in all niche, and not so niche, markets. Support small businesses online, as well as on the high street.

[stressconsul]

When you click on your completed basket , spare a thought for how that purchase gets to you - zero hours pickers in a vast warehouse , delivery drivers on 50 pence per parcel,that's the job future for your kids...Happy New Year ...keep voting Labour xxx

 

---------- Post added 28-12-2014 at 23:04 ----------

 

Forgot to mention, the need for food banks is totally shocking , but I believe that the Trussell Trust are coining it at £1000 for each one set up ....could be wrong so would appreciate anyone who can prove this either way ..

 

Do not knock the Trussell Trust - they are feeding many hungry people on the low pay that so rightly angers you.