He took his manufacturing to Asia because labour is cheaper and where it's OK to pay women a pittance and employ children and have lousy health and safety. I will never again buy a Dyson and I haven't bought anything from Primark or Benetton since that clothing "factory" sweatshop fire that killed so many women and girls because they just couldn't get out of a sub standard building.
Imagine your own mother/daughter/grandchild working in those circumstances! Have to draw the line somewhere. I won't buy factory farmed chicken or eggs or pork either.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
I boycott Amazon and try to avoid anything made in a sweatshop or factory farmed. Companies only take notice of whatever helps or hinder their profits. The power in your purse.
If I boycotted Amazon I'd never be able to buy anything. I've given up driving around here and being told " no, we don't sell that" A price I'm happy to pay for living in the country.
If I boycotted Amazon I'd never be able to buy anything. I've given up driving around here and being told " no, we don't sell that" A price I'm happy to pay for living in the country.
I buy pretty much everything online for the same reason. I don't buy through Amazon though. It's not always cheapest and it's rare to find something I can't get direct from the supplier rather than through Amazon. I go out of my way to buy books from other sites, even if that means paying more for them. I work on the basis that Amazon is only cheap because they don't pay fair tax and wages.
Gardening on the edge of Exmoor, in Devon
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
I always try to circumvent Amazon and get to the dealers' own websites, but I think Amazon have "got wise" to that and seem to have blocks in place sometimes. I've even been known to call companies and ask if I can buy direct rather than through Amazon. I use them, but I don't like them.
If you can afford it or do without it why not avoid the companies that exploit their workers unfairly or don't pay their fair share of tax or cut quality corners and ignore legal standards. I'm all for capitalism and the profit motive as it tends to lead to invention and improvements but it doesn't have to be cutthroat.
It can be fair and compassionate and there's plenty of evidence that employees working in good conditions and with decent benefits have higher productivity and are more likely to stay thus also saving on hiring and training costs.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
I find it strange that people will avoid amazon, dyson, certain clothes/supermarket shops but will buy all the battery operated tools they can get. I wonder how many people have a battery/electric car. Please spare a thought for the tiny 4 year girls and boys that have to collect this stuff. Different people, different standards. Might as well buy whatever you like from wherever you like, we’re all on a computer and most have a mobile phone.
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.
I know, but you can exercise choice about sources and use rechargeable batteries.
I, for one, won't use Indian stone in my garden after seeing a BBC docuentary about a father who had to take his 18month old daughter and small son with him to help pick up small chunks for a pittance. She was terrfied by the explosions and dust. Immoral, like footballs hand sewn by small chldren for internatonal tournaments or the appalling conditions and all the deaths of imported cheap Asian labour so Qatar can build venues for a future World Cup.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
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Imagine your own mother/daughter/grandchild working in those circumstances! Have to draw the line somewhere. I won't buy factory farmed chicken or eggs or pork either.
I've given up driving around here and being told " no, we don't sell that"
A price I'm happy to pay for living in the country.
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
I've even been known to call companies and ask if I can buy direct rather than through Amazon.
I use them, but I don't like them.
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
It can be fair and compassionate and there's plenty of evidence that employees working in good conditions and with decent benefits have higher productivity and are more likely to stay thus also saving on hiring and training costs.
I wonder how many people have a battery/electric car. Please spare a thought for the tiny 4 year girls and boys that have to collect this stuff.
Different people, different standards. Might as well buy whatever you like from wherever you like, we’re all on a computer and most have a mobile phone.
I, for one, won't use Indian stone in my garden after seeing a BBC docuentary about a father who had to take his 18month old daughter and small son with him to help pick up small chunks for a pittance. She was terrfied by the explosions and dust. Immoral, like footballs hand sewn by small chldren for internatonal tournaments or the appalling conditions and all the deaths of imported cheap Asian labour so Qatar can build venues for a future World Cup.