Consumption and space Series editors Peter Jackson, University of Sheffield Michelle Lowe, University of Southampton Frank Mort, University of Portsmouth Adopting an inter-disciplinary perspective and combining contemporary and historicalanalysis, Consumption and space aims to develop a dialogue between cultural studies andhuman geography, opening up areas for serious intellectual debate. Published Sean Nixon Hard looks: masculinities, spectatorship and contemporary consumption Daniel Miller (editor) Material cultures: why some things matter Material cultures Why some things matter Edited by Daniel Miller University College London © Daniel Miller and contributors, 1998 This book is copyright under the Berne Convention. No reproduction without permission. All rights reserved. First published in 1998 by UCL Press UCL Press Limited Taylor & Francis Group1 Gunpowder Square London EC4 A 3 DEThis edition published in the Taylor & Francis e- Library, 2001. The name of University College London ( UCL) is a registered trade mark used by UCLPress with the consent of the owner. British Library Cataloguing-in- Publication Data A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Library of Congress Cataloging-in- Publication Data are available ISBNs:1-8 HB1-8 PBISBN 4-0 Master e-book ISBNISBN 8-7 ( Glassbook Format) To the memory of Beatrice Hart vii Contents Acknowledgements ix Notes on contributors xi Part IIntroduction1 Why some things matter 3 Daniel Miller Part IIThe domestic sphere2 Radio texture: between self and others 25 Jo Tacchi3 From woollen carpet to grass carpet: bridging house andgarden in an English suburb 47 Sophie Chevalier4 Window shopping at home: classifieds, catalogues and newconsumer skills 73 Alison J. Clarke Part IIIThe public sphere5 The message in paper 103 Andrea Pellegram CONTENTSviii6 Material of culture, fabric of identity 121 Neil.
FAQ’s on the Taco Bell Boycott DOWNLOAD THIS DOCUMENT AS PDF A: First, Taco Bell directly profits from farmworkers’ sub-poverty wages and substandard working conditions — including sub-poverty annual wages, no right to overtime, no right to organize, a per bucket piece rate that hasn’t changed significantly since 1978, no sick leave, no health insurance, and no benefits whatsoever. Taco Bell pays artificially low prices for the tomatoes Immokalee farmworkers pick, and the extreme exploitation of farm labor in the production chain keeps these prices low. Second, Taco Bell and its parent company Yum! Brands actually have a hand in keeping those prices so low and therefore bear a significant degree of responsibility for the inhumane working conditions of the men and women who pick their tomatoes. Yum is the world’s largest restaurant company – larger than Mc Donald’s – and is made up of Taco Bell, Pizza Hut, KFC, Long John Silvers, and A& W Restaurants. Through the unparalleled impact of the Unified Foodservice Purchasing Co-op ( UFPC the corporation that pools the buying power of Yum’s five major brands and leverages that power to obtain the lowest prices possible for its client chains, Taco Bell and Yum exert a strong downward pressure on their suppliers’ prices. In agriculture, this translates directly into a downward pressure on the wages and working conditions for farmworkers. You don’t have to take our word for it. The UFPC’s own website, a site designed for business-to-business communication, makes quite clear the mission and market power of the purchasing cooperative that manages Yum’s supply chains: “ Cooperation is catching on. Co-ops make businesses more profitable! United Foodservice Purchasing Co-op, LLC ( UFPC) manages the supply chain for all corporate- and most franchise-owned A& W, KFC, Long John Silvers, Pizza Hut, and Taco Bell restaurant outlets in the.
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