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LABOUR MP Claudia Webbe wrote to PM Boris Johnson today to outline how the government should crack down on bosses exploiting textile workers in Leicester.
A recent study by HM Revenue and Customs found that a quarter of UK textile factories caught failing to pay the minimum wage over six years were based in the East Midlands city.
There are an estimated 1,500 clothes factories in Leicester employing about 10,000 people, of whom the majority are women from minority-ethnic backgrounds.
The biggest strike in global history is a template for our future. The silence tells you all you need to know, writes CLAUDIA WEBBE
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
Incoming Usdaw general secretary JOANNE THOMAS talks to Ben Chacko about workers’ rights, Labour and how to arrest the decline of the high street