Next week I have to take part in a debate arguing points against ethical trading. Initialy I found it very difficult to think of any negative points about people working in factorys making clothes having better pay, working and living conditions. But the more I researched ethical trading the more I realized that it is a catch 22 because in many cases ethical trading meant that workiers had there hours cut to meet regulations meaning they earnt less money and had a worse standerd of life. We also plan to ask the students in the debate if they would be preppared to pay more money for there clothes if it meant that workers in sweat shops had the same pay and working conditions as we do? I know that alsmost every person in the room will be wearing something from Primark how do they think it was made possible to buy a pair of jeans fo £5?
