In 2017, two further investigations found factories for River Island, New Look, Missguided and, yes, Boohoo, paying workers as little as £3 per hour. Where was the outrage then? If these companies take their ethical responsibilities so seriously, why did it take front-page headlines and a global pandemic to finally prod them into action? We might also ask why it is only exploitation on our own doorstep that earns this kind of response. Criminally overworked, underpaid and unprotected, the reality of life for garment workers in some of the world’s poorest countries is not a secret.
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