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Putting large orders in, @boohoo @boohooMAN have done well out of Covid: 'The group is behind roughly three-quarters of clothes produced in Leicester'. Kate Hills: '“It is all derived by the way Boohoo gets factories to compete against each other,”' https://www.ft.com/content/87e6acfe-010f-4e4c-b1d8-142378a1ba4c
That competition means profound, grinding exploitation for workers – factories in which £5/hour is the top wage. Shame on @boohoo. As the major purchaser, they bear outsize responsibility for perpetuating & enforcing these dangerous & miserable conditions. https://twitter.com/piercepenniless/status/1278059268873347080?s=20
It makes me think again of this excellent thread & article on the @Bakkavor factory in Brent, & Sean Madden, @Bakkavor manager, being filmed threatening workers not to take sick days back in April. https://twitter.com/Mellino/status/1248591110332710915?s=20
Madden: 'The people who didn’t bother turning up to work, you know, they will be the first people that we have to get rid of, unfortunately' https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/apr/09/manager-at-major-uk-food-supplier-says-staff-who-stay-at-home-may-be-sacked
