Tuesday 16 October 2012

Celebrities Making The Wrong Choice, For Manufacturing.


As we know, celebrities are known to be well off, and wealthier than many others in society. The devastating news scandal of The Kardashian's clothing line, taking part in slave labour and sweatshops to produced to sell at highly profitable margin. It seems that the rich get richer and the poor get poorer. We can not force ourselves to accept this and move on with our lives. It seems that many don't fight for the rights of other because it doesn't effect ones life in any way. Although where is the justice and respect very human being deserves. Edz Threadz are here to make a stand and change the lives of many, and create a much fairer economy. Included is and short article which will help readers understand the tragic and embarrassing news of the Kardashian Clothes line.
In a stunning world exclusive exposé Starmagazine is reporting that the Kardashianfamily are endorsing and selling fashion products manufactured in foreign sweatshops, where workers, some as young as sixteen years old, are abused and virtually imprisoned.
The allegations about Kardashian products in this post have nothing to do with their products sold at Sears.
A prestigious human-rights watchdog organization has launched an investigation into America’s top TV family, with officials imploring the Kardashians not to profit from what amounts to “slave labor.”
“The Kardashians are in bed with some pretty bad people,” Charles Kernaghan, the executive director of the Institute for Global Labour and Human Rights, tellsStar.  “Not only are celebrities like the Kardashians taking advantage of these workers, they are holding hands with a government that spits on democracy and women’s rights.”



While the Kardashians are involved with many fine consumer products in the fashion, beauty, fragrance, health and lifestyle industries that are not part of this investigation, there are several brands that are coming under fire. Items in the family’s high-end K-Dash by Kardashian label and the Kris JennerKollection — sold on the home-shopping television network QVC — and ShoeDazzle, a company that Kim cofounded and endorses, are all manufactured in areas of China where government regulations are often ignored and workers are subject to inhumane conditions.


Shockingly, the impoverished workers earn just a paltry $1 an hour, slaving away in factories in the Guangdong region of China, which Kernaghan describes as being "like minimum-security prisons."
The region is a “scary place,” Kernaghan continues, where the peak summer season is “brutal,” with temperatures inside non-air-conditioned factories soaring to over 100˚F. Workers in the region can come out with as little as $15 a month once rent and food debts have been paid to their bosses.
“You can’t talk during working hours,” Kernaghan adds. “You can’t  listen to music; you can’t stand up and stretch. You can’t even put your head up and look around, or you will be screamed at. If you get permission to use the toilet, you get four minutes. If you’re highly specialized, you cannot even go to the bathroom.”


Star has learned that human-rights groups have dispatched their undercover investigators to a number of factories that have been linked to the Kardashians. And, Kernaghan says, it is time for the world and the Kardashians to take some responsibility. “Kim has been very fortunate, but it’s time for her and her family to treat these workers with respect,” he tells Star.

http://www.radaronline.com/exclusives/2011/12/kardashian-products-made-sweatshops-child-labor-investigation-underway

Michael Mansour

3 comments:

  1. Hi,
    I love the cause and I like the look of your blog. Interesting about the human rights watchdog, seems that more people are starting become more aware of ethical issues in clothing lables. Have you thought of how these human rights groups might impact your business? How is the way you run your business different to theirs?

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  2. I also agree with the previous comment, how does a modern clothing brand dissimilate from the western perception that many clothing lines are produced in these 'sweat shops'?
    Should there be a fair trade equivalent in the production of textiles?

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  3. Hi Michael - unfortunately there are very greedy (sometimes high profiled as is the case with KK) people out there that do not have the ability to think about the effect they are having in the decisions they are making - having read your blog, I noticed an oppotunity to capitalise on the high profile of Kim K and connecting a Tribe that do not like her (I can definately think of many people who lack respect for her due to the reasons she became famous) - Maybe there is an opportunity to use her profile to create a buzz and push the message that "Edz is all about the opposite to what KK is" i.e. "join us in our fight against people like KK" - I just feel an oppotunity to use her profile to raise awareness and connect the anti KK tribe - what do you think? Ian (BreakBread)

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