(Dagbladet): “The truth arrives for a day,” writes the Norwegian blogger Anniken Englund Jørgensen (17) initially in the blog post called “Norway is not honest enough.”
She lives turned upside down after she participated in the web series “sweatshop” on Aftenposten TV (APTV), where she along with two others visited a textile factory in Cambodia, hoping to thereby obtain a insight into the young workers’ situation.
In the blog post, published Wednesday, races 17-year-old against both graded and clothing giant H & amp; M, and writes her by series’ end up feeling like one or another used item » .
– Put your foot down
– This young man’s life is unbearable. I promised that I would do everything in my power to bring about a change when I went, she tells Dagbladet.
At home in Norway, many experiences richer, specific Anniken decided to not give up. She would take up the fight against the major clothing chains, which often receive criticism for working conditions at factories where their clothes are produced. Strategy her was to name clothing chains that frequently accused of using young or underpaid workers in the media as much as she could.
The blogger claims that it did not fall well with Aftenposten, who was behind the series, she participated in along with the organization Future in our hands.
– I decided to go on the biggest of them all, H & amp; M. Then the graded foot down. They gave me strict orders not to mention H & amp; M or other articles of chains in a media context, says Jørgensen.
– riled H & amp; M
17-year-old, however, would not give up so easily and continued to talk about H & amp; M in interviews she showed up in, in the hope that it would provoke a reaction with H & amp; M.
In the blog, she writes that she felt that she had reached her goal, then graded according to her, approached her and said that they had riled clothing chain.
A few days later, the blogger invited to to moderate lead in the head office of H & amp; M in Stockholm. But when Jørgensen presented the meeting Aftenposten that she would have with him to document it all put newspaper on the hind legs, according to Jørgensen yourself.
writes further Jørgensen she reacted by raising his voice, and questioned why she had even been in the series.
– Felt as a used item
“Aftenposten should be only newspaper that would help those getting it out ?! Do not make a series because of ratings. So instead I ended up feeling like one or another used item, “writes Jørgensen on his blog.
Aftenposten’s news editor Håkon Borud says to Dagbladet that they have not experienced being pushed by H & amp; M in any way, and denies that they have asked the participants not to mention clothing chains in later debates.
– When participants were at work promo for the series, we encouraged them to talk about the show’s content. A series involving Norwegian youth meeting with factory workers who make fashion clothes they buy home in Norway. But we put no restrictions on participants in subsequent debates. The youth participated in numerous debates in a variety of media – including Aftenposten, where they were coming up with their criticism. That anyone can look up and see with your own eyes, he says and adds:
– We have even appealed to the PFU of Her and Mauritz just because the youngsters got to travel criticism, saying Borud, adding that the papers are very proud Anniken and the other young people who went to Kamobodsja .
– Why would not you join Anniken to H & amp; Ms. headquartered in Stockholm?
– We think it’s great that Anniken wanted to bring its commitment to Stockholm, but it is important to remember that this series did not act about H & amp; M or other specific chains. Aftenposten has to deal with law and press ethics in their work, and this series is no documentation on individual companies’ behavior. We focused on the people behind an entire industry, and their meeting with the Norwegian youth. The people we interviewed worked for a number of brands, says Borud.
also claims Anniken that she was told by Aftenposten to stay away from all H & amp; M stores because she could risk being thrown Print.
– This claim we’ve heard before, but it is not appropriate to be repeated. Aftenposten course not advice anyone to stay away from stores. Neither H & amp; M or anyone else, says a news editor Borud.
– Insanely
Jørgensen says that she is upset about how the series has been cut, because she believes several key scenes documenting poor working conditions have been censored from the series.
– It is insane that a clothing chain has so much power that they get the largest newspaper to keep quiet about something like that. It is no wonder that the situation is as it is when this is the reality, says Jørgensen.
These statements mean Aftenposten’s news editor is “erroneous”:
– We have not censored anything or let us squeeze to remove anything. We believe the most important scenes are with. But in the interests of safety of the women had both the center and the women made anonymous. The name of the factories were not mentioned, because workers feared reprisals. Aftenposten did not want to help these women could lose their only livelihood.
Anniken Jørgensen says to Dagbladet that she is extremely disappointed by what has happened in the aftermath of the web series, and it seems whole is incredibly sad.
– I talk about my experience and those I spoke with. I saw workers who worked for H & amp; M, I saw how much they struggled and how hard they worked to at all survive. Aftenposten was not even with the down to Cambodia, but chose rather to cut and paste as they would when all was said and done. I am incredibly disappointed with the ones I have had contact with in Aftenposten and that they now pretend nothing. Precisely because they probably have been pushed well, she says to Dagbladet.
– Factories preparing
Organization Future in our hands, who collaborated with graded on web series, accusations like Anniken H & amp; M for poor working conditions, arguing that the inspections of the factories are in part directed.
– They use a lot of resources to prevent the negative stories. Aftenposten has been appealed to the PFU. It is difficult to get H & amp; M and Varner group to ask for debate. They devote resources to bring out the positive aspects of advertising language, and want minimal focus on the negative, says press officer Sindre beach Tollefsen Dagbladet.
– We know that it often happens that the factories are preparing for inspections. Earlier this year, minors sent home the day it should be control in Cambodia, and the employees get the script for what to say in advance, he continued, referring to a report by the Clean Clothes Campaign conducted earlier this year.
Dagbladet has been in contact with H & amp; M, via clothing chain’s press office in Norway. She claims that H & amp; M makes both unannounced and reviewed controls at suppliers.
– In 2013, 73 per cent of the controls unannounced, and we conducted a total of 3,121 controls, including 11,549 interviews with textile workers . Check our suppliers is important, but not enough to bring about lasting change. Therefore, we have 2100 H & amp; M staff at our 19 local production offices to follow up the suppliers daily and working on local projects, knowledge transfer and training, says Kristin Fjeld H & amp; M.
appealed to the PFU
Furthermore she rejects allegations that H & amp; M shun debates, and believes it is a challenge that “neither media or youngsters familiarize themselves with the extensive work H & amp; M and many other players do in a matter of courtesy to achieving a living wage, promoting workers’ opportunities to a trade union, itself, improve the safety of workers and strengthen their rights. “
As with Aftenposten, also says Fjeld that they did not put any pressure on the newspaper to tie. She confirmed also that they have complained newspaper in for PFU.
– We believe that the publication violates good press because Aftenposten reviewing the program as a documentary, and thus a truth, in the textile industry in general, and in and H & amp; M especially. This without Aftenposten has studied or presented the extensive work done by H & amp; M and many other stakeholders in relation to social responsibility. They have not taken the youngsters with some of H & amp; Ms. suppliers or had any contact with H & amp; M during the development of the program, she said.
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