Does it bother you not knowing where your clothes comes from?
@rainbow2007star (920)
June 17, 2008 1:23am CST
Or how they're mad.It does bother me if I know that they've been made by people living in very bad conditions and being paid peanuts as compared to the price that I've paid for the item. Would definitely welcome fair-trade products if they meant better and fairer wages are being passed on to the labourers.Would any parents on here be happy to see their own small kids ( or older) work in appalling conditions? no i didnt think so, so why should anyone else's kids have to? those children are just the same as yours,they were just not quite so lucky in where they happened to be born
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@BYOLA2871 (4371)
• South Africa
9 Aug 08
i never really bgave this a thought but honestly it will really worry me to know that i bought something very expensive and the people who worked on itwere paid peanuts,but come to think of it most of the expensive items we buy get that expensive because of the various middlemen involved in getting it to the market.
@bowtieguy (5915)
• United States
23 Jun 08
Most of my clothes say in the tag what countries they are made in. I have several things from italy, spain and mexico. I know several of the people do no come from the best working conditions but it's not like I can do anything about it.
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@stephcjh (38473)
• United States
17 Jun 08
I have never gave it much thought about where my clothes came from and who made them and what they got paid until now with this discussion. I think they need to be paid a fair wage for the work that they do. I don't think it is fair for anyone to have to work for little pay. I think we should all be equal.
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@fredgame (1260)
• China
17 Jun 08
well, this is an important issue which is overlloked by so many people and those who care about this have no say on whatever their kids or their earns are compared to the price of the clothes sold. this has reminded me of the news just heard on bbc radio talked about the poor safety precautions because of making high profits in the ship building industry. people die like fowls without justice metted out to the proprietors. however, many consumers would have no knowledge on how the labourers are paid. most justify prices base on the quality other than conditions of workers in the factories. it's rather sad. these extreme profits are used to project the social life of the children and this explains the constant large gap between the rich and the poor.
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