Article 60FDR Activists to question Boohoo on living wage for Leicester garment workers

Activists to question Boohoo on living wage for Leicester garment workers

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Sarah Butler
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Campaigners will ask online fashion retailer if it will pay back an estimated 125m in underpaid wages

Boohoo will be challenged by campaigners over paying very low" prices to suppliers and a lack of compensation for underpaid workers at UK factories making its clothing.

Workers in factories in Leicester that supply Boohoo could be owed as much as 125m in underpaid wages as some of the retailer's suppliers previously paid workers below the minimum wage, activists from Labour Behind the Label and ShareAction have estimated.

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