Free Speech S2E2: The High Cost of Cheap Clothes
- Aired: 2013-05-22
- Time: 20:00:00
- Runtime: 60 minutes
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Overview
A panel of celebrities, politicians and local activists discuss the high price of cheap clothes in light of the clothing factory tragedy in Dhaka which killed over 700 people. Ethical consumerists go head-to-head with those who can only afford cheaper clothing. Other topical issues will be added to the debate as the news unfolds. Derry/Londonderry was once the global centre of shirtmaking, but with work transferring abroad it now has the highest youth unemployment rate in Northern Ireland. Do the young people in the audience see any hope of long-term employment returning to the city?