Comments on: Retail & Fashion Workers Demand Fair Internships

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 21:40:01 +0000

It should be illegal for these interns to work for free. In other industry's, such as in the financial sector, interns are paid - not a lot - but at least it's not slavery. I see too many fashion companies using interns in place of paid assistants, and it's unjust. And what about people who can't afford to work for free? They lose out on the real jobs because they couldn't afford an "internship".

In France, it's totally illegal to have slave labor and interns are paid a small amount. I think about 750 Euros a month.

By: coat stand

coat stand — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 23:04:23 +0000

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By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:38:56 +0000

I think that the interns have every right in the world to be upset because they are certainly being exploited. But, it's all a sign of the times. It's the cost of doing business as it's come to be done, a situation created, largely, by our very selves.

Between the cost of the models, the venues, the catering, the make-up, the hair, the parties, the ESSENTIAL ad pages in vogue and bazaar -- I mean, not everyone can be a member of Anna's darling little Asian boy club or Marc Jacobs and then get everything for free. Some of us have to pay. I have ALWAYS thought the cost to be too high, really, in the end.

All of this madness could be manageable and containable if everyone weren't just so damned afraid; if everyone just had the courage to NOT CONFORM. I'm all for playing ball with the regime when you must but I also believe in doing battle when it's necessary. More and more we're moving to that point.