Would you KNOWINGLY buy sweatshop-made cheap clothes?
Last week's collapse of a garment factory in Bangladesh where workers were said to be operating amid dangerous conditions has brought the issue of sweatshop-made clothes into sharp focus. We want to know if you'd buy stuff made this way. If it was CONFIRMED a fashion store sold cheap, sweatshop-made clothes, which of these statements would be CLOSEST to your attitude?
Last week's collapse of a garment factory in Bangladesh where workers were said to be operating amid dangerous conditions has brought the issue of sweatshop-made clothes into sharp focus. We want to know if you'd buy stuff made this way.
If it was CONFIRMED a fashion store sold cheap, sweatshop-made clothes, which of these statements would be CLOSEST to your attitude?
Results
| I already source all my clothes from fair trade organisations |  |
294 votes (3 %) |
| I'd avoid it, unless I couldn't find a cheap, viable alternative | |
2,644 votes (23 %) |
| I'd never shop there again | |
2,046 votes (18 %) |
| I'd still buy – as at least it means they have some work | |
2,162 votes (19 %) |
| I'd still buy – if it's cheap and I like it | |
1,950 votes (17 %) |
| I'd still buy – it's a different culture, charity begins at home | |
379 votes (3 %) |
| I'd still buy – I’m too skint to be choosy | |
1,194 votes (10 %) |
| I'd still buy – they're all the same in reality, so there's little choice | |
1,015 votes (9 %) |
11,684 votes received.
We try to use technology to limit voting to one per person. Occasionally, this may erroneously block a few people's votes (eg, from shared offices). Apologies for that.
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