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Category: Boohoo

July 6, 2021July 6, 2021mbarker2012

Boohoo Suppliers

April 7, 2021April 8, 2021mbarker2012

Some Examples of Organisational Responses to Racism and Sweatshop Abuses in Leicester (2020-21)

October 12, 2020October 12, 2020mbarker2012

Claudia Webbe on Leicester’s Endemic Boohoo Nightmare

October 8, 2020October 8, 2020mbarker2012

Auditing Billionaire Profiteers: The Real Truth Behind Boohoo’s Dark Factories

August 26, 2020August 26, 2020mbarker2012

Boohoo to Check Up on Boohoo: Billionaire Boss Funds Investigation into His Own Role in Exploiting Workers

July 17, 2020July 17, 2020mbarker2012

Is ASOS All That Different to Boohoo When It Comes to Exploiting Workers?

July 15, 2020July 15, 2020mbarker2012

Clipper Logistics’ Role as “breeding ground for coronavirus” in Boohoo’s Warehouses

July 14, 2020July 14, 2020mbarker2012

Who’s Behind Boohoo? Investigating Exploitation in the Garment Industry

July 13, 2020July 13, 2020mbarker2012

Claudia Webbe, Trade Unions, and the Fight to End Sweatshop Exploitation in Leicester

July 12, 2020July 12, 2020mbarker2012

The Sunday Times’ Stokes Racism During Leicester’s Lockdown

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