Dutch Minister Praises Company She Recently Attacked
Lilianne Ploumen, Minister of Foreign Trade (Labor) has praised the CoolCut Textile firm as a firm which is ahead of others because its code of conduct forbids child employment and exploitation. She also praised the company because of the way it promotes sustainability.
In November however, she said that CoolCut didn’t take its responsibility toward workers seriously. Thereupon, Roland Kahn, Director of CoolCut, took Ploumen to court. Perhaps to avoid the court case, Ploumen changed her opinion. On a hidden camera, Kahn called Ploumen “a c*nt minister.” BNFTN
Minister Ploumen writes ‘advertising brochure’ for CoolCat
by Anna Vossers 28 Jan 2014
Minister Lilianne Ploumen (Labour, Foreign Trade), which in November still the rage of clothing companies Wibra and CoolCat on the neck pulled by insisting that such a security agreement for factories in Bangladesh had to sign, this weekend be a very eye-catching press release to brought out. It reads like an advertisement for the method of CoolCat.
Every fourth euros in Spain is black money
In Spain, the underground economy is booming: It makes now about 25 percent of GDP. Although the government is the power to tax fraudsters close – but are caught mostly just the little ones. By Ute Müller, Madrid
The Spanish economy comes after a long crisis gradually back on track. From October to December, the gross domestic product grew by 0.3 percent, for the second consecutive quarter. “We have left behind the recession,” said Economy Minister Luis de Guindos.
An industry in Spain seems very particularly to boom: the shadow economy. The at least claim the tax experts of Gestha, the largest trade union officials in the Spanish tax office.
Your just presented calculations show that the shadow economy has experienced double-digit annual growth rates in the years of crisis between 2008 and 2012, making more than 253 billion euros now 24.6 percent of gross domestic product (GDP). This means that every fourth euro circulating in Spain, was not taxed.
