PRIMARK pulls out of PR Event over fears of Bad PR due to protest..
EJ | 21.11.2008 22:15
Victory for human rights campaigners as Fast Fashion retail giant cuts and runs from PR Week event 'Taking the Drama out of a crisis' - looks like PRIMARK's PR crisis continues...
British fast fashion giant PRIMARK was due to present on how it weathered the Panorama scandal which exposed the use of child labour in its' supply chains this summer. Labour Behind the Label and Blood Sweat and T-Shirts had been due to stage a protest outside PR Week's 'Taking the Drama Out of a Crisis' event this Tuesday, where PRIMARK's Head of External relations Geoff Lancaster was due to speak.
PR Week cited the protest as the reason for PRIMARK pulling out - meaning the PR coup PRIMARK had hoped to present to its' corporate peers has been thwarted. Far from being able to say 'We Won', PRIMARK's pull-out spells 'We're on the run'.
It seems that the PR crisis for PRIMARK continues, as does the human rights crisis for the workers producing PRIMARK clothing. This is a victory for the ongoing pressure-campaign and reminds the company that it cannot spin its' way out of the human rights abuses that it is responsible for.
From Labour Behind the Label:
PRIMARK Campaign Success!
Hot off the press: PRIMARK have pulled out of next week's PR spin conference – shamed yet again over its disrespect for the workers who produce its clothes.
This is powerful evidence of the difference we can all make. The fact remains though that PRIMARK is still to take any meaningful action to improve the lives of workers producing its clothes, so it is essential we keep up the pressure.
TAKE ACTION!
PRIMARK AGM – Friday 5 December from 10.30am
TUC, Congress Centre, 28 Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3LS
PRIMARK's AGM is the most important opportunity this year to put pressure on PRIMARK. This annual shareholder meeting is when important decisions get made regarding PRIMARK's policies and procedures.
It is PRIMARK's shareholders who take home the lion's share of PRIMARK's profits and who have the power to make PRIMARK introduce policies and procedures that will ensure the lives of workers are put ahead of PRIMARK's pursuit of profits.
So join us on Friday 5 December from 10.30 onwards to make your voice heard. We have seen how fearful PRIMARK is of us publicly shaming them, so please help us make sure their shareholders deliver justice to the workers making PRIMARK clothes.
It beggars belief that PRIMARK has been caught on the back foot again. Just five months on from the BBC exposé that highlighted the appalling conditions faced by Indian workers producing clothes for the famous high street store and PRIMARK has yet again been caught out disrespecting these workers. Join us on 5 December to hammer the nail in PRIMARK's ethical coffin.
PR Week cited the protest as the reason for PRIMARK pulling out - meaning the PR coup PRIMARK had hoped to present to its' corporate peers has been thwarted. Far from being able to say 'We Won', PRIMARK's pull-out spells 'We're on the run'.
It seems that the PR crisis for PRIMARK continues, as does the human rights crisis for the workers producing PRIMARK clothing. This is a victory for the ongoing pressure-campaign and reminds the company that it cannot spin its' way out of the human rights abuses that it is responsible for.
From Labour Behind the Label:
PRIMARK Campaign Success!
Hot off the press: PRIMARK have pulled out of next week's PR spin conference – shamed yet again over its disrespect for the workers who produce its clothes.
This is powerful evidence of the difference we can all make. The fact remains though that PRIMARK is still to take any meaningful action to improve the lives of workers producing its clothes, so it is essential we keep up the pressure.
TAKE ACTION!
PRIMARK AGM – Friday 5 December from 10.30am
TUC, Congress Centre, 28 Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3LS
PRIMARK's AGM is the most important opportunity this year to put pressure on PRIMARK. This annual shareholder meeting is when important decisions get made regarding PRIMARK's policies and procedures.
It is PRIMARK's shareholders who take home the lion's share of PRIMARK's profits and who have the power to make PRIMARK introduce policies and procedures that will ensure the lives of workers are put ahead of PRIMARK's pursuit of profits.
So join us on Friday 5 December from 10.30 onwards to make your voice heard. We have seen how fearful PRIMARK is of us publicly shaming them, so please help us make sure their shareholders deliver justice to the workers making PRIMARK clothes.
It beggars belief that PRIMARK has been caught on the back foot again. Just five months on from the BBC exposé that highlighted the appalling conditions faced by Indian workers producing clothes for the famous high street store and PRIMARK has yet again been caught out disrespecting these workers. Join us on 5 December to hammer the nail in PRIMARK's ethical coffin.
EJ