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I am grateful for the support of a cross party group of MPs who’ve joined me in writing to the Prime Minister calling for urgent action to end worker exploitation in parts of Leicester’s Garment Industry
Billionaires wealth is built on the exploitation of workers
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Billionaires wealth is built on the exploitation of workers
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Holding back tears constituents have bravely shared their experiences of worker exploitation describing how their bosses seek to avoid detection by making their factories appear closed whilst workers’ file through back entrances; fraudulent payslips disguising actual hours worked
Unwell workers are told to keep their symptoms secret; workers are denied holiday pay & sick pay; required to make their own personal protective equipment or do without. When inspectors arrive they’re ushered out the back. This is a microcosm of the global exploitation of workers
