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Dear Ishers,

A petition to the CEO of Primark concerning the exploitation of 3rd world workers on as little as 7p an hour. This is inexcusable and CAN be stopped by concerted protest. Please go to ........

http://www.lovefashionhatesweatshops.org/PrimarkLetter

Thanks,

Love and Peace
Jim

Dear SusieGee,

Thanks for that! Come on the rest of you!

Love and Peace
Jim

Added signatures from me and OH!

Dear Milims,

Thank you!

Love and Peace
Jim

My pleasure Jim - I hate the fact that my teenage daughter thinks that it's a fantastic place to shop! But I'm working on her!

Dear Milims,

Mine too!

Love and Peace
Jim

An interesting website, thank you. Interesting to see that M and S has the same grading as Primark!

Dear LGL,

Yeh, I know, they're all at it ...... but one step at a time.... (Sorry don't mean to sound like an AA meeting!)

Love and Peace
Jim

Hello there,

depending on where they live , 7 p an hour could be a life saver .

Also the most people in western Europe go for the lowest possible priced goods which
indirectly employ the people in the 3rd world for as little as 7 p .

I think it is a circle ,the one feeds the other .Then a clever company or business fill the gap.
If we would think different and not buy their goods we could possibly change it , but would we then
take away their incomes which they need harder than us ?

regards ,

Paul

Done and sent on

Dear Paul,

Difficult one, and I can see that half a bowl of rice is preferable to immediate starvation.

I tend to the belief that if they didn't have to produce to supply Western greed the people in 3rd world countries would begin to produce to supply their own needs. I know that sounds idealistic and wooly minded. However, that way of thinking seems to be backed by evidence from groups like "Tools for Self-Reliance" and "Intermediary Technology" which demonstrate that given the tools, human beings are perfectly able to provide for their own needs without interventions based on the monolithic capitalist system embraced by the "developed" nation states.

However, the purpose of the petition is an attempt to persuade the CEO of Pri.... that consumers of their cheap tat could salve their consciences about buying it if they believed the producers were paid enough for full bowl of rice. I know it's not ideal but it's something. And although I'm passing the petition on, believe me I don't buy anything from Pri... anyway.

Love and Peace
Jim

done. Thanks for letting us know about it

I've signed it too.

I think our penchant for cheap throwaway fashion has led to terrible exploitation. I see paul's argument, and there was a TV show a while back where they took fashion students to see how the clothes were made, and they were very torn too between the principle of those workers (some kids) in bad conditions with low pay and the fact that they at least had a job and could provide for their families.