Exploitation of workers at top hotels

HEADRAT said:
What about the exploitation of workers, many of them children, that feed our high street with cheap clothes?

I find that more disgraceful to be honest, our need for a "bargain" means people have to work in terrible conditions for terrible wages.

While the OP story isn't great it's not on the magnitude of the clothing trade.
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Our need for a bargain applies to all areas of our purchasing. I consider myself fairly conscientious- I'll buy fairtrade and free range food for example, but still like a bargain. In general it's the consumers at fault here because we all know that low cost is low for a reason!
 
All our goods should be Freetrade, nobody in the UK lives in "povertry" when compared to some of people being exploited to make our clothes.

A "Free Market" is one thing but a market that lowers the cost for some that can afford to pay more on the back of people that live/work in squalid conditions is nothing short of a scandal.
 
HEADRAT said:
A "Free Market" is one thing but a market that lowers the cost for some that can afford to pay more on the back of people that live/work in squalid conditions is nothing short of a scandal.
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The problem is that a lot of people directly (i.e. they just dont care) or indirectly (they demand that they get everything as cheap as possible, forcing suppliers to cut costs) are ok with this :(
 
Then the Government should step in and force companies to prove their workers are paid/treated correctly, in fact it's in our interest. If we pay a minimum wage how can we ever hope to compete against people that don't, it's just not a level playing field.

We are happy to abolish child labour and unfair working practices in this country yet they are sanctioned in other less well off countries.
 
HEADRAT said:
Then the Government should step in and force companies to prove their workers are paid/treated correctly, in fact it's in our interest. If we pay a minimum wage how can we ever hope to compete against people that don't, it's just not a level playing field.

We are happy to abolish child labour and unfair working practices in this country yet they are sanctioned in other less well off countries.
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I agree with you there thats why I will never ever shop at primark.

I work for a agency doing cleaning and what not and we are treated like carp.
 
It's not just hotels, cleaning contractors for most big multi-nationals are raking in the profits whilst treating their employees like dirt.
 
mattheman said:
If they didnt do this it would cost you much more.
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That is the bottom line.

I work for a local authority and lots of stuff is contracted out, e.g. cleaning is contracted out. Probably bad working conditions, but people demand ultra-efficiency from their taxes so I can see why it happens. It gets to a point where you can't have both (cheap AND 'fair')
 
Dolph said:
Pretty shocking behaviour from the contractor, hopefully the BBC expose will get the company honouring the workers rights correctly.
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I thought you were against the minimum wage? Surely the market is setting the prices here and no government interference is required?
 
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