Leicester’s Garment Industry

I’m inundated with reports of worker exploitation from citizens who simultaneously request anonymity

Unscrupulous employers intimidate & threaten them

Its been an ‘open secret’ for too long having been brought to official attention over many years

Instead of dealing with the issue the Govt introduced austerity, underfunded the Health and Safety Executive and allowed zero-hour contracts and poor pay to flourish whilst rejecting every single recommendation from a select committee report that could have addressed the problem

An online #fastfashion shopping boom and unsafe, cramped working conditions with a lack of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), has created a perfect storm for this to be a factor for #COVID19 transmission rates to rise

Its a microcosm of the global assault on workers’ rights

The combined power of the political elite, media and big business have created and sustained disaster capitalism where the working class, including migrant communities become collateral damage.

Unscrupulous employers are operating unethically, paying poverty wages without due regard to health and safety. Workers have informed me about employer action being taken to avoid detection appearing to be shut and producing fraudulent payslips which misrepresent workers hours