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RETAILERS should be made legally liable for abuses of workers’ rights in their supply chains, the Trades Union Congress (TUC) demanded yesterday.
The call was sparked by the scandal of textile workers in Leicester being paid as little as £3 an hour to make clothes for fast-fashion retailers such as Boohoo.
The TUC said that parent companies such as the Boohoo Group should be held jointly responsible for subcontractors’ failure to provide safe working conditions, sick pay and at least the minimum wage for workers.
As unions sound the alarm on kafala-like dependence, FC Barcelona must decide whether their values extend beyond the pitch, writes KIVANC ELIACIK
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
Labour’s watered-down legislation won’t protect us from unfair dismissal or ban some zero-hours contracts until 2027 — leaving millions of young people vulnerable to the populist right’s appeal, warns TUC young workers chair FRASER MCGUIRE