Leicester lockdown factories 'almost doubled staff' during Covid-19
The anonymous whistleblower said some factories had stayed open and taken on extra staff during the lockdown
"If somebody did have Covid or wasn't well, they were still there passing it on to whoever's next to them," he said."They [factory bosses] were getting a lot of pressure from customers to produce garments as quickly as possible, in as much volume as possible, because people were shopping from home and they needed the goods to be in.
"I've seen people eating at their tables, then going straight back to work. There's no kitchens in a lot of these places, there's barely toilets, and it's all logged because it's all about productivity rather than humanity.", including the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority, Leicester City Council, the police and fire service, the Health and Safety Executive and immigration enforcement.
"They can even get rid of the whole workforce within minutes before the authorities hit the shop floor."
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