akio:

coldfish:

padaviya:

Whether you go more highscale at Banana Republic or casual at Old Navy, all these store chains (and Piperlime and Athleta) are owned by Gap, Inc., which just doesn’t seem to care much about the lives of its workers. The Hammem factory also provides clothes to other recognizable brands in America, such as H&M, Walmart, Sears, JC Penny, and Target, though Gap is the chief buyer. Benjamin Joffe-Walt reports on Human Rights that, in the recent fire, two of the exits by which workers could have escaped the flames were locked, a practice employed by abusive overseers to prevent breaks.

With large piles of highly flammable clothes all over garment factories, the major safety abuses are unconscionable. And it’s not like this tragedy is coming out of the blue for retailers like the Gap, either. Labor rights activists have been calling for the institution of better safeguards for years, but their cries have been falling on deaf ears. Yet what was Gap, Inc.’s response to the fire and resulting deaths? The company is “terribly saddened” and would work to “understand what occurred.”

oh my god, what the fuck people…

fuck you Gap Inc, i used to shop at H&M.

i wish i knew how to make all my own clothes.

Change.org seems to be really going well. (UI Design is so beautiful and packed, and really well coordinated.) 

I personally don’t like the ‘confrontational’ tone - or ‘boycott’ idea against businesses. I rather want them to come open and include customers - in making sure production is safe, product is safe - and purchasing their products do make developing world people’s life better/environmentally sustainable etc. 

* I never understand ‘Boycott’. To me it’s really Western or ‘too confrontational’ idea. 

Anyway, fashion/apparel (including cosmetics industry) has a loooong way to go. 

*** I’m recalling I read something about Gap just changed the location from South Asia to Latin America etc.. What was that about?