Community efforts seen as key to tackling UK fashion worker abuses
London, UKThomson Reuters Foundation A government taskforce and proposed factory licensing scheme are unlikely to prevent labour abuses in Britain’s garment industry without the involvement of trade unions and community groups to help workers, several advocates in the city of Leicester said. The textile sector in Leicester, central England, has been in the spotlight this […]
Back whistleblowers to stop abuses, says UK anti-slavery tsar after Boohoo fallout
London, UKThomson Reuters Foundation Britain’s efforts to stop labour exploitation in the local supply chains of fashion brands such as Boohoo will only succeed if workers are encouraged to report abuses without fear of retaliation, its anti-slavery tsar said this week. Online fast fashion retailer Boohoo this week said it was investigating its supply chain […]