Primark embroiled in UK ’sweatshop’ scandal
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 [...]
Radiohead collaborates with MTV on anti-sweatshop video
Radiohead have teamed up with MTV EXIT (End Exploitation and Trafficking) to produce a music video to raise awareness of child labour and human trafficking. The song ‘All I Need’ from the ‘In Rainbows‘ album is used as a backing track on a video featuring two stories, shown simultaneously; one of a boy from [...]
Blood, Sweat, T-shirts, Telly and Alexa Chung
The BBC this week launched a new reality TV programme on its digital channel BBC 3. The programme, Blood, Sweat and T-shirts, is unlike other reality TV shows however – not only is it reality TV with a reasonable sound-track (boasting the likes of Muse and the Hives), this is reality TV with a [...]