Primark promise to…

I have not written my own letter to Primark yet, but I have sent several e-mails generated by other organisations (such as Labour behind the Label) to them and signed petitions.  I recently received a lenthy response from Primark which is available on the ‘Primark’ page listed on the left – I would no doubt receive [...]

Petition Primark

Why not add your name to this petition organised by War on Want and People Tree (my favourite fair trade fashion pioneers!).  It is written to Primark’s Ethical Trading Director and asks them to stop exploiting garment workers. http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/primark/

London Fashion Week and Poverty

London Fashion Week opens today facing accusations that garment workers are paid poverty wages producing clothing for some of Britain’s largest retailers.With the week starting on the first UN Day of Social Justice, a charity warned that exploitation haunts the event. War on Want has campaigned against systemic abuse of overseas garment workers, toiling marathon [...]

Primark encouraging third world working conditions in the UK

The BBC has broken the story of Primark and third world conditions in its factories here in the UK.  Full coverage is on their website: news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7824291.stm Peacocks are also apparently involved with the unethical supplier TNS Knitwear where illegal employees are paid just £3.50 an hour or less! Do not buy from Primark!

War on Want – Latest News

On the War on Want website they have an interesting article with Suhasani Singh who works for an Indian NGO called Cividep.  Cividep provide War on Want with information about the pay and conditions of workers producing clothes for UK retailers in Bangalore, India. Suhasina has also met with the Tesco CEO, Sir Terry Leahy, [...]

War on Want Campaigns

Take a look at the War on Want website for news of a demonstration against Primark that took place on Monday.  www.waronwant.org/27Sweatshops2720protest20hits20Primark+16133.twl They are also running a campaign to stop Supermarkets exploiting overseas workers.  If you want to take action then on their website is an e-mail postcard that you can send to John Hutton [...]

Primark on Panorama

Did you see the BBC Panorama’s programme about Primark yesterday?  It is still available on BBC iPlayer if you didn’t.  It was worth watching at it showed convincing evidence of the conditions that workers in India endure in order to have an income.  £1 in every £10 spent on clothes in the UK is spent in [...]

Primark on the BBC

Primark are being investigated by the BBC programme Panorama and are trying to make themselves look better in advance of it being aired.  You can read all about it on the Labour behind the Label website and there is an e-mail you can send to Primark from the website as well to protest. www.labourbehindthelabel.org/do/action/primark/74-action/248-primark The programme [...]

Getting Started

So far I have researched and published my own list of high street retailers and how ethically aware they are.  See the ‘High Street’ link above to see this information and my ideas on what to do with it.  To follow up I hope to write to all, or at least some, of the retailers [...]