Follow us

Leicester: A city fighting fast-fashion sweatshops

The BBC
12 May 2019

It's lunchtime in the heart of Leicester's textile industry, Spinney Hills. Two women are smoking outside a derelict-looking factory building.

One says she is Bulgarian, working as a seamstress, and that she is being paid £6 an hour. The national minimum wage for over-25-year-olds is £8.21 an hour.

Read the full article on The BBC.


Free NewsletterVISIT TheIndustry.fashion
cross