Salisbury group attends the event

May 2026

This event, organised by Salisbury Transition City each year and there were 75 exhibitors at this year’s event. A focus is on sustainability and with this in mind the Salisbury group focused on the abuse behind the manufacture an everyday item such as a pair of jeans. This followed the publication by Amnesty International of a report Stitched Up which details the multiple abuses of this massive industry. From health hazards, physical and sexual abuse of the mainly female workforce, wage theft and the denial of union rights are all described. The failure of high street retailers to control adequately what is going on is also noted.

The results were muted and only a few of the handouts were taken (see below). Perhaps it was because people view sustainability mainly as a ecological problem. The idea that globalisation and the abuses that flow from it is perhaps not so well appreciated.

Clearly the idea that abuses taking place on the far side of the globe are both a human rights and a sustainable issue is not well recognised.