Comments on: Panorama, Primark and Labour Standards http://www.impacttlimited.com/2008/06/21/panorama-primark-and-labour-standards Making what’s good for workers, work for business. Tue, 17 Jan 2012 15:02:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Slumdogs amongst Dubai’s millionaires : » Blog Archive Impactt Ltd http://www.impacttlimited.com/2008/06/21/panorama-primark-and-labour-standards/comment-page-1#comment-577 Slumdogs amongst Dubai’s millionaires : » Blog Archive Impactt Ltd Wed, 08 Apr 2009 05:22:55 +0000 http://www.impacttlimited.com/2008/06/21/panorama-primark-and-labour-standards/#comment-577 [...] last year’s Primark on the Rack, BBC Panorama has been investigating labour standards again. This time the BBC exposé focuses on [...] [...] last year’s Primark on the Rack, BBC Panorama has been investigating labour standards again. This time the BBC exposé focuses on [...]

]]> By: Primark embroiled in UK labour standards scandal : » Blog Archive Impactt Ltd http://www.impacttlimited.com/2008/06/21/panorama-primark-and-labour-standards/comment-page-1#comment-500 Primark embroiled in UK labour standards scandal : » Blog Archive Impactt Ltd Mon, 12 Jan 2009 17:48:10 +0000 http://www.impacttlimited.com/2008/06/21/panorama-primark-and-labour-standards/#comment-500 [...] Primark are again on the receiving end of allegations relating to labour abuses in their supply chain, this time the factory involved is in the UK.  The Observer, BBC and News of the World this weekend alleged that illegal immigrants are being paid just over half the minimum wage in a Manchester-based garment firm supplying Primark. The supplier, TNS Knitwear, may have breached a number of key employment and immigration laws. Illegal Pakistani, Afghan and Indian migrant workers were allegedly being paid £3 an hour and working 12-hour days, seven days a week. TNS Knitwear supplies an estimated 20,000 garments to Primark every week. Undercover footage of the factory is available to view on the BBC website. These allegations occur only six months after illegal outsourcing and child labour was found in Primark’s Indian supply chain. [...] [...] Primark are again on the receiving end of allegations relating to labour abuses in their supply chain, this time the factory involved is in the UK.  The Observer, BBC and News of the World this weekend alleged that illegal immigrants are being paid just over half the minimum wage in a Manchester-based garment firm supplying Primark. The supplier, TNS Knitwear, may have breached a number of key employment and immigration laws. Illegal Pakistani, Afghan and Indian migrant workers were allegedly being paid £3 an hour and working 12-hour days, seven days a week. TNS Knitwear supplies an estimated 20,000 garments to Primark every week. Undercover footage of the factory is available to view on the BBC website. These allegations occur only six months after illegal outsourcing and child labour was found in Primark’s Indian supply chain. [...]

]]> By: shahriar http://www.impacttlimited.com/2008/06/21/panorama-primark-and-labour-standards/comment-page-1#comment-442 shahriar Sat, 11 Oct 2008 13:13:16 +0000 http://www.impacttlimited.com/2008/06/21/panorama-primark-and-labour-standards/#comment-442 I never support child labour. But we should have a look some background, why a child is a labour in India? Why s/he come to a factory instead going in school. I got the answer as well. Because their family is not capable to funding them for study...I think study is a very irrelevant matter in this case, they even don’t get their basic needs. And their government also not capable to funding them for food, accommodation. That why, they are getting involve with these kind of clothing production job. Media just do some coverage and insist the factory authority to fired them, But they don’t do any follow up about these children. Most of the cases these children take illegal way to earning and girls go for prostitution. That is more shocking and sad. Shahriar 3rd Year Marketing student I never support child labour. But we should have a look some background, why a child is a labour in India? Why s/he come to a factory instead going in school. I got the answer as well. Because their family is not capable to funding them for study…I think study is a very irrelevant matter in this case, they even don’t get their basic needs. And their government also not capable to funding them for food, accommodation. That why, they are getting involve with these kind of clothing production job. Media just do some coverage and insist the factory authority to fired them, But they don’t do any follow up about these children. Most of the cases these children take illegal way to earning and girls go for prostitution. That is more shocking and sad.

Shahriar
3rd Year Marketing student

]]> By: Homeworking in the Indian garment industry: what are the issues and how can homeworkers lives be improved : » Blog Archive Impactt Ltd http://www.impacttlimited.com/2008/06/21/panorama-primark-and-labour-standards/comment-page-1#comment-390 Homeworking in the Indian garment industry: what are the issues and how can homeworkers lives be improved : » Blog Archive Impactt Ltd Fri, 18 Jul 2008 10:42:21 +0000 http://www.impacttlimited.com/2008/06/21/panorama-primark-and-labour-standards/#comment-390 [...] we noted before homeworking is endemic in the Indian garment industry. It is a fallacy to believe that only Primark [...] [...] we noted before homeworking is endemic in the Indian garment industry. It is a fallacy to believe that only Primark [...]

]]> By: dara yazdani http://www.impacttlimited.com/2008/06/21/panorama-primark-and-labour-standards/comment-page-1#comment-382 dara yazdani Mon, 30 Jun 2008 10:20:16 +0000 http://www.impacttlimited.com/2008/06/21/panorama-primark-and-labour-standards/#comment-382 Hi Interesting thoughts. I sure most international retailers are involved in the murky world of child labour. Deadlines are tight and margins are even tighter. There will always be low paid workers willing to fill the demands of the multi-nationals as long as we have skewed market the favours the West. I have blogged about this on my website www.myspace.com/darayazdani. Please come check it out and leave a comment. Regards Dara Hi

Interesting thoughts. I sure most international retailers are involved in the murky world of child labour. Deadlines are tight and margins are even tighter. There will always be low paid workers willing to fill the demands of the multi-nationals as long as we have skewed market the favours the West.

I have blogged about this on my website http://www.myspace.com/darayazdani.

Please come check it out and leave a comment.

Regards

Dara

]]> By: MartinButtle http://www.impacttlimited.com/2008/06/21/panorama-primark-and-labour-standards/comment-page-1#comment-375 MartinButtle Wed, 25 Jun 2008 11:32:14 +0000 http://www.impacttlimited.com/2008/06/21/panorama-primark-and-labour-standards/#comment-375 Thanks all for your comments Thanks all for your comments

]]> By: Andrew http://www.impacttlimited.com/2008/06/21/panorama-primark-and-labour-standards/comment-page-1#comment-364 Andrew Tue, 24 Jun 2008 13:30:00 +0000 http://www.impacttlimited.com/2008/06/21/panorama-primark-and-labour-standards/#comment-364 If you are concerned by the ethical standards with which clothes are produced try www.ethicaltradingcompany.com If you are concerned by the ethical standards with which clothes are produced try http://www.ethicaltradingcompany.com

]]> By: Sponsor a Child India http://www.impacttlimited.com/2008/06/21/panorama-primark-and-labour-standards/comment-page-1#comment-361 Sponsor a Child India Mon, 23 Jun 2008 16:12:55 +0000 http://www.impacttlimited.com/2008/06/21/panorama-primark-and-labour-standards/#comment-361 Hi Martin Thank you for commenting on our charity's blog. Having spent quite a bit of time in India it is clear that child labour is commonplace, from simply running errands, to working in the fields, to hard labour in quarries. We feel that by encouraging parents to allow their children to go to school is the only long term solution to the problem. Our charity (http://www.heal.co.uk/)is actively trying to address this through it's poverty trap project. Thank You. Matthew Hi Martin

Thank you for commenting on our charity’s blog.

Having spent quite a bit of time in India it is clear that child labour is commonplace, from simply running errands, to working in the fields, to hard labour in quarries.

We feel that by encouraging parents to allow their children to go to school is the only long term solution to the problem. Our charity (http://www.heal.co.uk/)is actively trying to address this through it’s poverty trap project.

Thank You.

Matthew

]]> By: Geoff Lancaster http://www.impacttlimited.com/2008/06/21/panorama-primark-and-labour-standards/comment-page-1#comment-357 Geoff Lancaster Sun, 22 Jun 2008 06:06:46 +0000 http://www.impacttlimited.com/2008/06/21/panorama-primark-and-labour-standards/#comment-357 Hi Martin We do agree that working with suppliers must be the priority if the value of out investment in the developing world as a supply source (£700 million) is to benefit those who put in the effort. The three suppliers we sacked had all been audited at least once recently were all apparently complying with a remediation/improvement programme we had given them and were all deceiving us by using unauthorised subcontracting. Trust and transparency had broken down. Enough was enough.We will continue working in Tamil Nadu and have announced a range of measures to both tighten up our inspection procedures and to help the local people as grass roots level Geoff Hi Martin
We do agree that working with suppliers must be the priority if the value of out investment in the developing world as a supply source (£700 million) is to benefit those who put in the effort. The three suppliers we sacked had all been audited at least once recently were all apparently complying with a remediation/improvement programme we had given them and were all deceiving us by using unauthorised subcontracting. Trust and transparency had broken down. Enough was enough.We will continue working in Tamil Nadu and have announced a range of measures to both tighten up our inspection procedures and to help the local people as grass roots level
Geoff

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