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Why boycott Penneys/Primark

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  • 14-09-2015 10:46pm
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    Stephen15
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    I don't honestly shop in Penneys but why are people saying boycott Penneys/Primark because of sweatshop when virtually all clothes are made in sweatshops. Even if you get a tailored the material is made in a Sweatshop probably. Is Penneys just being scapegoated because it's cheap or am I missing something.


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    Aint Eazy Being Cheezy
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    Nobody's boycotting Penneys anymore, it's Dunnes who can fack right off now.


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    Stephen15
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    Aint Eazy Being Cheezy wrote: »
    it's Dunnes who can fack right off now.

    For what reason


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    Subcomandante Marcos
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    Stephen15 wrote: »
    For what reason

    They treat their workers like absolute shie


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    Permabear
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    This post has been deleted.


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    kneemos
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    Stephen15 wrote: »
    For what reason


    There's a vibrant anti Dunnes movement.

    Keep up man.


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    Stephen15
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    Subcomandante Marcos wrote: »
    They treat their workers like absolute shie

    I don't buy it dunnes is a much better supermarket then Tesco, Supervalu, Lidl or Aldi the one in Cornelscourt anyway and their staff are friendlier if they treated they're staff bad would they be friendly Im sure say the same goes for all shops. Let's get on the point


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    strelok
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    Permabear wrote: »
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    i'd rather see a thousand indonesian children starve on the streets than see one exploited by a western corporation for minimum wage

    but then i'm just a better person than you


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    The Backwards Man
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    strelok wrote: »
    i'd rather see a thousand indonesian children starve on the streets than see one exploited by a western corporation for minimum wage

    but then i'm just a better person than you

    I'm sure those wains would laud you as a veritable hero.


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    strelok
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    The Backwards Man wrote: »
    I'm sure those wains would laud you as a veritable hero.

    not for too long though


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    Stephen15
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    strelok wrote: »
    i'd rather see a thousand indonesian children starve on the streets than see one exploited by a western corporation for minimum wage

    but then i'm just a better person than you

    Do you wear clothes or do you go around naked.


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    Koloman
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    kneemos wrote: »
    There's a vibrant anti Dunnes movement.

    Keep up man.

    Not affecting their sales though is it? Dunnes are booming.


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    Mother Brain
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    Because they want to be seen to be giving a f**k without actually going to any effort to effect meaningful change, or even educating themselves on the issues they claim to care about.


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    GreatDefector
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    strelok wrote: »
    i'd rather see a thousand indonesian children starve on the streets than see one exploited by a western corporation for minimum wage

    but then i'm just a better person than you

    I should have the parachute because I'm great. Infact I should get both the parachutes. Just incase one doesn't work


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    For Forks Sake
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    Aint Eazy Being Cheezy wrote: »
    Nobody's boycotting Penneys anymore, it's Dunnes who can fack right off now.

    I was boycotting Dunnes before it was cool, man.

    Primarily because most of their stores are like falling out of a time machine into 1986.


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    Serjeant Buzfuz
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    GreatDefector wrote: »
    I should have the parachute because I'm great. Infact I should get both the parachutes. Just incase one doesn't work

    Gr8


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    jimgoose
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    GreatDefector wrote: »
    I should have the parachute because I'm great. Infact I should get both the parachutes. Just incase one doesn't work

    Take your 'chute, boy. Enda Kenny has my laptop-case. :D


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    kneemos
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    Koloman wrote: »
    Not affecting their sales though is it? Dunnes are booming.



    The Germans are hurting badly the last I heard about it.

    They have huge stores with a crap range of poor quality products.


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    QuinDixie
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    When you touch the products in Penneys, you can almost feel the tears of the oppressed poor of Sri Lanka, Bangladesh or wherever they are based now.
    And if that is not enough reason to boycott, the clientele should be.
    Truly Awful.


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    jimgoose
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    All supermarkets are basically the commercial world's answer to Idi Amin. There isn't much you can do about it except call them out on their crap when possible and support the little guy when you can.


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    celligraphy
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    If I was in a developing country I would much rather work in a sweat shop than local sex trade, these places shouldn't be boycotted but regulated more.


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