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Leicester garment workers have spoken out – they must not be ignored
Low-paid workers are challenging the behaviour of brands and retailers that drive down prices and care nothing for the well-being of those who make what they sell, reports CLAUDIA WEBBE MP
BEN CHACKO speaks with Knesset member OFER CASSIF about rising political violence, the prospects for peace and his continuous ‘silencing by suspension’
The City is leaning on Rachel Reeves to cut welfare spending — when what’s needed is cuts to all the benefits given to the mega rich, corporations and banks to help them not pay or blatantly dodge their fair share of tax, explains BERNIE EVANS
The choice between two Blairites to revamp the tepid centrism of our ruling party doesn’t even come as cold comfort as we wander the city streets suffering from their third decade of austerity and the fifth of wage stagnation, writes MATT KERR
ANN HENDERSON looks at the trailblazers of the Women’s Trade Union League and their successful fight for female factory inspectors — a battle that echoes in today’s workplace campaigns
HENRY FOWLER puts the strike of public-sector workers in New Zealand in the wider context of deteriorating employment conditions throughout the world’s major economies
MAT COWARD looks back at a protest 105 years ago this month, whose reporting by the media bears uncomfortable similarities with demos today
FOR many years, the abysmal situation of garment workers in Leicester has been an open secret.
Exploitation, manipulation, pressure and bullying at work have been rife. Illegally low pay, long hours and awful working conditions have been the norm.
Yet for just as many years, that open secret has been ignored, at both national and local level.
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