Comments on: Primark In Purchasing From Underground Sweatshop Shocker! http://www.racefox.com/2009/01/primark-in-purchasing-from-underground-sweatshop-shocker/ A bitter 30 something redhead ranting shouty thoughts and miscellany with the world… Sun, 04 Mar 2012 08:47:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Anonymous http://www.racefox.com/2009/01/primark-in-purchasing-from-underground-sweatshop-shocker/#comment-584 Anonymous Sun, 18 Apr 2010 21:38:29 +0000 http://www.racefox.com/?p=959#comment-584 Anthony it's just a picture from google. Sorry Anthony it’s just a picture from google. Sorry

]]> By: Anthony http://www.racefox.com/2009/01/primark-in-purchasing-from-underground-sweatshop-shocker/#comment-583 Anthony Sun, 18 Apr 2010 18:53:05 +0000 http://www.racefox.com/?p=959#comment-583 Hi, We have an articla written by one of our registereed members and piece needs a picture - do you own copyright of a Primark store image? I'd take one myself but the neaest one is 75 miles away! http://studentguardian.co.uk/ Hope you can help Anthnoy Hi,

We have an articla written by one of our registereed members and piece needs a picture – do you own copyright of a Primark store image?

I’d take one myself but the neaest one is 75 miles away!

http://studentguardian.co.uk/

Hope you can help

Anthnoy

]]> By: Foxsden http://www.racefox.com/2009/01/primark-in-purchasing-from-underground-sweatshop-shocker/#comment-582 Foxsden Thu, 15 Jan 2009 20:04:15 +0000 http://www.racefox.com/?p=959#comment-582 Oh and since I've got your attention Tilly.... I miss your blog and I wish you'd start it up again. Oh and since I’ve got your attention Tilly…. I miss your blog and I wish you’d start it up again.

]]> By: Foxsden http://www.racefox.com/2009/01/primark-in-purchasing-from-underground-sweatshop-shocker/#comment-581 Foxsden Thu, 15 Jan 2009 20:02:31 +0000 http://www.racefox.com/?p=959#comment-581 That's another way of looking at it and I agree with some of what you say Tilly, however consider that many of these people are also claiming benefits as well as working slave labour. They may not have good Engrish but they're savvy at exploiting a system and while you're exploiting systems I don't think it should come as a big shocker that someone is going to be exploiting you. I don't like that coming here 'for a better life' means sucking up all of our council housing, benefits and everything else that we pay into as working citizens. It's not their fault, it's the governments fault for not protecting the people that are truely entitled to this stuff. That’s another way of looking at it and I agree with some of what you say Tilly, however consider that many of these people are also claiming benefits as well as working slave labour. They may not have good Engrish but they’re savvy at exploiting a system and while you’re exploiting systems I don’t think it should come as a big shocker that someone is going to be exploiting you. I don’t like that coming here ‘for a better life’ means sucking up all of our council housing, benefits and everything else that we pay into as working citizens. It’s not their fault, it’s the governments fault for not protecting the people that are truely entitled to this stuff.

]]> By: Tilly http://www.racefox.com/2009/01/primark-in-purchasing-from-underground-sweatshop-shocker/#comment-580 Tilly Thu, 15 Jan 2009 18:04:15 +0000 http://www.racefox.com/?p=959#comment-580 If you came over here for a better life, particularly if you've come from an Asian country, you're likely to not have very good English, and a very poor (if any) education. 'Normal' work is not available to you - so you HAVE to work these shitty jobs, as you're not entitled to any benefits, because you've slipped under the radar and are here illegally. 'Choice' doesn't really come into it. Getting paid £3.50 an hour for 7 days a week, 12 hour shifts *IS* tantamount to slave labour, and it IS illegal, it doesn't matter if the labour is here illegally, and the fact that Primark knowingly take advantage of this is fucking outrageous. It doesn't matter if it's comparatively more than they would get in Asia, this isn't Asia, it is not possible to have any kind of life on £3.50 an hour, you are merely existing. I've heard people complain that they can't afford to shop anywhere else, but that isn't the issue, the issue is that they want to buy something new every weekend... every time they go out they want to have whatever is in fashion *that week*. That makes me sick. We have turned into a bunch of avaracious locusts, consuming everything in our path. /steps down from soap box. If you came over here for a better life, particularly if you’ve come from an Asian country, you’re likely to not have very good English, and a very poor (if any) education. ‘Normal’ work is not available to you – so you HAVE to work these shitty jobs, as you’re not entitled to any benefits, because you’ve slipped under the radar and are here illegally. ‘Choice’ doesn’t really come into it.

Getting paid £3.50 an hour for 7 days a week, 12 hour shifts *IS* tantamount to slave labour, and it IS illegal, it doesn’t matter if the labour is here illegally, and the fact that Primark knowingly take advantage of this is fucking outrageous. It doesn’t matter if it’s comparatively more than they would get in Asia, this isn’t Asia, it is not possible to have any kind of life on £3.50 an hour, you are merely existing.

I’ve heard people complain that they can’t afford to shop anywhere else, but that isn’t the issue, the issue is that they want to buy something new every weekend… every time they go out they want to have whatever is in fashion *that week*. That makes me sick. We have turned into a bunch of avaracious locusts, consuming everything in our path.

/steps down from soap box.

]]> By: Foxsden http://www.racefox.com/2009/01/primark-in-purchasing-from-underground-sweatshop-shocker/#comment-579 Foxsden Tue, 13 Jan 2009 12:01:09 +0000 http://www.racefox.com/?p=959#comment-579 I'm glad you said that Vic because I avoided going into the very same opinon in the post after I'd had a discussion with Wil and felt like my thoughts on it (being the same as yours) are of the minority. And because I'm not very good at explaining what I think sometimes - I decided it could all come out like I'm a right wing facist! Wil thinks that the majority have come here for a better life. I do too. The fact that they have chosen to work illegally and get paid crap money for it proves a point that it's clearly better than what they were doing elsewhere. We went on to have a conversation about child sweatshop labour in Asian countries but it's a different case in hand and not one you can draw comparisons in - (I believe). I’m glad you said that Vic because I avoided going into the very same opinon in the post after I’d had a discussion with Wil and felt like my thoughts on it (being the same as yours) are of the minority. And because I’m not very good at explaining what I think sometimes – I decided it could all come out like I’m a right wing facist! Wil thinks that the majority have come here for a better life. I do too. The fact that they have chosen to work illegally and get paid crap money for it proves a point that it’s clearly better than what they were doing elsewhere. We went on to have a conversation about child sweatshop labour in Asian countries but it’s a different case in hand and not one you can draw comparisons in – (I believe).

]]> By: Vic http://www.racefox.com/2009/01/primark-in-purchasing-from-underground-sweatshop-shocker/#comment-578 Vic Tue, 13 Jan 2009 10:47:37 +0000 http://www.racefox.com/?p=959#comment-578 Not surprising at all. I'm not sure I have much sympathy for the plights of illegal immigrants (especially having known a fair few myself). Certainly, the ones I've known, have come here because they think they'll get a better life, don't care about the fact that their status here is illegal, and are pretty much happy to take what they can get. In a lot of cases I would imagine that regardless of whether they're being exploited whilst over here, they're still better off than they would be at home. Not surprising at all. I’m not sure I have much sympathy for the plights of illegal immigrants (especially having known a fair few myself). Certainly, the ones I’ve known, have come here because they think they’ll get a better life, don’t care about the fact that their status here is illegal, and are pretty much happy to take what they can get. In a lot of cases I would imagine that regardless of whether they’re being exploited whilst over here, they’re still better off than they would be at home.

]]> By: mrs hojo http://www.racefox.com/2009/01/primark-in-purchasing-from-underground-sweatshop-shocker/#comment-577 mrs hojo Tue, 13 Jan 2009 00:54:30 +0000 http://www.racefox.com/?p=959#comment-577 erm...durrrr.... anyway I have an award over at my place for you :o) xc erm…durrrr….

anyway

I have an award over at my place for you :o )
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