Tribe.net. Local Connections Roger http://ethicalconsumerism.tribe.net/thread/7f7dea1e-f2e4-40d2-a974-9f94bd1b145b#51c51d1a-82eb-49e3-8e4d-16daa5f5c1f8 2009-06-16T23:09:35Z 2009-06-16T23:09:35Z

I'm not at all surprised. I'm more surprised that many, world-wide, continue to support a company that is discriminatory. These ridiculous companies are only as powerful as we make them. We really need to start putting our money where our values are.

Roger 2009-06-16T23:09:35Z Sinja http://ethicalconsumerism.tribe.net/thread/7f7dea1e-f2e4-40d2-a974-9f94bd1b145b#6e898dda-4e28-465f-b909-863a91e50a95 2009-06-15T20:35:48Z 2009-06-15T20:35:48Z

So maybe it’s time Abercrombie & Fitch reviewed its “Look Policy,” which requires employees to project a “natural, classic, American-style." It sounds cute, but their insistence on it is becoming costly. A&F has already shelled out millions of dollars to employees who felt discriminated against by the policy—and they just might be paying more. Riam Dean, a 22-year-old disabled British student who worked for A&F’s London flagship store, claims she was forced to work in the stockroom because her prosthetic arm didn’t fit the company’s “look." But perhaps Dean shouldn’t have been so surprised by A&F’s shallowness.. When she interviewed for the job, she says “All they seemed interested in was taking my photograph to make sure I had the right image.” Source: http://www.thefrisky.com/post/246-abercrombie-doesnt-think-a-prosthetic-arm-is-very-all-american/

Sinja 2009-06-15T20:35:48Z