Child Labour for Primark and GAP (Death Cab for Cutie backing song)

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[jason0mayer]

thanks for sharing - this has always been a topic where I have been ambivalent, and possibly naive. Maybe you can help.

Are we in danger of foisting our western sensibilities on people who might actually be grateful for this work? If there were no factories for Gap clothing employing children, would the children be better off. Or would they be labouring in a field or going hungry instead.

Sorry for the naive question, but its one that has always bugged me.

Thanks.

[westy136t]

@jason0mayer I've wondered this too, and unfortunately there doesn't seem to be a clear answer. Perhaps the answer lies in a higher minimum wage and better working conditions for those who do indeed need this money to survive. But I understand your point well. Sorry for the long wait for a reply

[buenaorgone19]

they are lizard new world order freaks in Primark!.

[Jeorney]

Primark was proved innoscent of using child labour. The Panorama program exposing it was an lie. At the end of yesterdays Panorama program, they made a public apology to Primark. Besides, Slavery has returned to the UK by making unemployed work for benefits, and Panorama did not cover burning issues properly. Its not clear how long unemployed have to do it either. Is this slavery or community service, as if the unemployed are criminalised. They are trying to mask the problem.

[SlumberCloud]

@westy136t if they could pay justa few cents more per hour..thata ll just a few cents!

[gaymanrights]

So this is way i didn't get my Onsey, They got rid of their workers!

[jerinhom]

The thing is not whether these children would be better off, the problem lays in the redistribution of wealth within the production chain... these children live a shit life, while CEOs and shareholders earn millions. That's where the problem is. With these logics, if Mozambique legalises slavery tomorrow, then all western companies would go produce in Mozambique, and still they would say that they help their workers!!

[MissJezebel61]

@walzbor wow are you joking,Primark beading+embroidery is done by children as young as 5 working long long shifts in poor light,Do you know where the kids sleep??they sleep under the very sewing machines they work on (think a child under 10 on a sewing machine??danger?)..a cloth is placed over the child to block out the light as another child takes over the machine....then its their "turn again" .I don't want any abuse from you,won't retaliate either...but you call that honest hands? I don't

[walzbor]

That why I love Primark clothes: made in small, bussy and honest hands - not made by lazy idlers from UK...