COMMENT: The Leicester factory scandal must prompt further change
The spike in Covid-19 cases prompting the local lockdown in Leicester has been linked to garment factories in and around the city, raising issues around worker rights and working conditions.
In particular, it has been alleged that workers in a factory supplying Boohoo are paid as little as £3.50 per hour and experience poor working conditions in which social distancing measures are absent.
Fellow fast fashion retailer Quiz has also been embroiled in similar allegations, a move that saw it
Read more »