{"id":161460,"date":"2019-05-12T14:28:36","date_gmt":"2019-05-12T14:28:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/leicester-a-city-fighting-fast-fashion-sweatshops\/"},"modified":"2021-08-12T13:56:24","modified_gmt":"2021-08-12T13:56:24","slug":"leicester-a-city-fighting-fast-fashion-sweatshops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/leicester-a-city-fighting-fast-fashion-sweatshops\/","title":{"rendered":"Leicester: A city fighting fast-fashion sweatshops"},"content":{"rendered":"
It's lunchtime in the heart of Leicester's textile industry, Spinney Hills. Two women are smoking outside a derelict-looking factory building.<\/p>\n
One says she is Bulgarian, working as a seamstress, and that she is being paid \u00a36 an hour<\/strong>.\u00a0The national minimum wage for over-25-year-olds is \u00a38.21 an hour.<\/p>\n