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How can we be sure our clothes are ethically made? (BBC)
Aside from underwear and socks, I purchase my clothes from second-hand shops or I trade my clothes at smaller boutiques. I primarily do this because it’s much less expensive, there’s a better guarantee on the quality (as it “stood the test of time”), and because I really dislike being “trendy”. I see it as an added bonus that I am not putting money directly in the hands of sweatshops but instead giving to charity organizations like the Salvation Army.
- Tania, Denver, Colorado
WTF!? U meen it wasn’t a Dikkins costoom drama?
- Arti Dodger, Mankchester
Just because it’s cheap, doesn’t mean it’s bad quality. Some of the stuff these kids make is good, and cheaper than making it yourself. They do ok out of it, they certainly looked well enough on the BBC news. If it was made here in the UK, instead of it being £3, it would be £33 at least and I wouldn’t be able to afford it. If you’ve ever been to one of these retail outlets when there’s a sale on, you’ll see just how skint most of us are now in Labour’s dream world. Come on you kids get sewing!
- Nigel Clark, Lincoln, United Kingdom
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June 24th, 2008 at 9:46 am
agreed, Agendawide - someone pointed out the other day that it would have been better if Primark had not just fired off its suppliers using unethical child labour, but invested some money in working with the factories to ensure that while the kids continued to work, the hours were reasonable (also the pay) and they had time off to go to school.
June 23rd, 2008 at 5:02 pm
3. Dairy
If you come back to this thread I should say despite pontificating against children working as an eThIcAL DOn’t, I am not wholly against the experience and money that working from a young age can bring, and appreciate that it is important for many families to have the income for subsistence. I had a lot of under age employment myself some of it very unpleasant eg. picking daffodils from a nursery infested with nettles without protective gloves aged 9. The real issues for me are the working conditions and whether the child has good educational opportunities to ever escape from the poverty of their lifestyle. I would hope that industry takes a sensitive approach and doen’t just terminate contracts which will harm poor families and probably just drive the practice underground.
June 23rd, 2008 at 4:01 pm
3 dairy
Yes but you can always rotate the notes to make a statement about ethical treatment of children involved in the supply chain for retailers and shopping. (it sounds better if you sing the answer TI LA DO (EThIcal DOn’t) (NO sung to DO) than LA TI DO ?
Moving on from flippancy I am interested in shopping but not ‘just any’ shopping’ with retailers signed up to ‘The Ethical Trade Initiative’ .
June 23rd, 2008 at 3:32 pm
…you’ve got your La’s in the wrong place - sorry to be picky!!
June 23rd, 2008 at 2:50 pm
To suggest that British children should get ’sewing’ would send them to high DO
DOn’t RAise ME on FAbric SOewing? eThI cAL DOn’t ! NO ! and it is is just about singhable
June 23rd, 2008 at 1:25 pm
‘Come on you kids get sewing!- Nigel Clark, Lincoln, United Kingdom’
Now if you mentioned playstation, gameboy, computer gaming you might get some interest from UK kids - they would love to do that all day:roll:
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DOn’t RAise ME on FAbric SOewing by young children given no educational opportunities and often working in appalling conditions akin to modern day slavery.
Rageh Omaar The world of modern child slavery 2007 BBC Two documentary Child Slavery stated ‘It is believed there are nearly nine million children around the world today who are enslaved’.
Although not all child labourers are slaves it is a fine line when they have no educational or other choices.