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British Garment Factories Come Under New Scrutiny Due To Pandemic
Author: PBS NewsHour
Series: PBS NewsHour
Narrator: PBS NewsHour
Unabridged: 4 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: NewsHour Productions
Published: 09/07/2020
Categories: Young Adult Nonfiction
Synopsis
The British city of Leicester has spent more than two months as the United
Kingdom’s most notorious coronavirus hot spot. Its problems originally
sprang from a district that houses garment factories -- where some
unscrupulous owners have been accused of operating sweatshops during the
pandemic. Special correspondent Malcolm Brabant reports on an industry some
critics call "modern slavery."
Kingdom’s most notorious coronavirus hot spot. Its problems originally
sprang from a district that houses garment factories -- where some
unscrupulous owners have been accused of operating sweatshops during the
pandemic. Special correspondent Malcolm Brabant reports on an industry some
critics call "modern slavery."