[Cherie]

nline fashion giant Boohoo is facing a modern slavery investigation after workers in Leicester making clothes linked to the company were found to have been paid as little as £3.50 an hour, according to an undercover report.
The clothing brand has been a rare financial success story during the coronavirus crisis but has recently been accused of putting employees at risk of Covid-19 by working with factories which continued to operate during the UK’s lockdown.

An investigation by The Sunday Times found a factory in Leicester displaying the sign "Jaswal Fashions" was operating during the city’s localised lockdown last week without social distancing measures in plac

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/u...-a9602086.html

[arista]

Yes Covid-19 spreaded
because of the Greedy Local Boss

[rusticgal]

Hmm my boys buy from BOOHOO MAN and its decent quality for the prices they charge. Shame on them. However as we return to work after this virus many companies are taking advantage of their workers with low rates of pay...but those rates are illegal and appalling.

[LaLaLand]

I always use Boohoo Man

Been a bit dubious after seeing the item about then on Joe Lycett’s show though about how they don’t cleanly returned items and people have bought clothes with sweat stains, blood and ALL OTHER bodily fluids on them

[LeatherTrumpet]

Lol

[bitontheslide]

just about everything we buy will have a component that is produced by questionable means. This is the tip of the iceberg

[Kizzy]

Originally Posted by bitontheslide

just about everything we buy will have a component that is produced by questionable means. This is the tip of the iceberg

You're missing the point, there's no disputing that the clothing industry involves exploitation of the workforce internationally. Not everywhere has the rights and protections we are meant to enjoy, it is this that is under the spotlight here.

[bitontheslide]

Originally Posted by Kizzy

You're missing the point, there's no disputing that the clothing industry involves exploitation of the workforce internationally. Not everywhere has the rights and protections we are meant to enjoy, it is this that is under the spotlight here.

i'm not missing the point at all

[arista]

[arista]

[The Slim Reaper]

You ok, Arista?

[bitontheslide]

Originally Posted by The Slim Reaper

You ok, Arista?

my browser now automatically blocks anything from leave.eu so all i see are blank posts

[Liam-]

*Independent company drastically underpays and overworks their employees*
‘It’s labours fault! I bet Corbyn is behind it the dirty stinking commie bastard grr!’

Those people get more and more ridiculous

[The Slim Reaper]

Originally Posted by bitontheslide

my browser now automatically blocks anything from leave.eu so all i see are blank posts

All I see are blank posts too.

[joeysteele]

Originally Posted by bitontheslide

my browser now automatically blocks anything from leave.eu so all i see are blank posts

I never read anything from that source.
To coin an arista phrase,if he doesn't mind.

You are most wise.

[Toy Soldier]

Originally Posted by The Slim Reaper

All I see are blank posts too.

I get this fairly often with arista's posts too . I can see them in this case, though. It's just some propaganda you're not missing much.

[MB.]

Originally Posted by Liam-

*Independent company drastically underpays and overworks their employees*
‘It’s labours fault! I bet Corbyn is behind it the dirty stinking commie bastard grr!’

Those people get more and more ridiculous

I can't believe this story broke over 24 hours ago and the ghost of Bob Crow hasn't issued one measly press release

(but yes, employers, stop exploiting less-than-mimimum-wage workers who are particularly susceptible to viruses in the middle of a pandemic, do that challenge)

[Kizzy]

Originally Posted by bitontheslide

i'm not missing the point at all

Clearly you are if you can't see why this is a bigger issue here than elsewhere.

[arista]

Originally Posted by The Slim Reaper

You ok, Arista?

Yes fine

[Kizzy]

How do we know this isn't nationwide, why is the onus on leicester, If it's happening there surely it's happening in other areas?

[arista]

Originally Posted by Kizzy

How do we know this isn't nationwide, why is the onus on Leicester, If it's happening there surely it's happening in other areas?

Of Course Kizzy

But this zone is in Lockdown
and many claim it was the Clothes Factories
that has so many under paid staff
close to each other.

[Cherie]

If its rife, others will whistleblow, and you would assume the under cover investigator has done further research, time will tell

[Marsh.]

The bloody boohoo jingle in my head every time I see this thread.

But, yeah, disgusting practices, shut them down.

[Toy Soldier]

I remember I encountered a modern slave once when I did a trial shift for a small bistro restaurant. Which I was supposed to be paid for and never was, so I guess I was a slave for a day too?

Anyway, it was run by an Indian businessman and he had teenager working there, also from India, who he honestly talked to like a dog all day. Constantly threatening to "send him back and get a replacement". Poor kid didn't speak much English but told me when we were left alone that he was getting paid less than £2 an hour (12 hour+ days for £20 a day), off the books . I left at the end of the shift and never looked back, maybe I should have contacted the local council or something but I was only in my early 20's myself so I didn't really know what I was seeing. The place shut down a year or so later, anyway.

[bitontheslide]

lets face it, corona has highlighted it because clearly the people were working in slave conditions as well as being paid that way. It's not really a surprise, if someone is not paying the minimum wage, why would they respect the social distancing laws either. Thats the thing with a covid pandemic and track and trace, it will highlight if any employer is flouting the law